Basic Studies on Cyanobacteria and Micro algae: A Review

Cyanobacterial lipids and profiling have become a tremendous demand due to its applicability for production of biofuels. They also acts as maker for identification of isolates. Cyanobacteria possess different photosynthetic pigments like chl-a, phycobili proteins and carotenoids which have substantial commercial applications. Phycobili proteins are the major photosynthetic adjunct pigments of cyanobacteria.