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World’s rapid industrialization has led to severe global environmental challenges such as energy crisis, pollution, and global warming which are proportionally interlinked. In the view of the increasing CO2 concentration, temperature, and acidity of the surface ocean and of inland water bodies, study of Carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM) is an important area of research. The CCM plays a vital role to enhance CO2 fixation and cell growth, especially in the proper functioning of RuBisCO and assimilation of carbon via ubiquitous Calvin cycle. With the increasing demands for sustainable energy sources, photosynthetic microorganism with efficient CO2 concentrating mechanisms is attractive models for biotechnological and transgenic applications for many existing industries such as biofuel, agriculture, wastewater treatment, food, and pharmaceuticals.
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Singh, S.K., Sundaram, S., Kishor, K. (2014). Introduction. In: Photosynthetic Microorganisms. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09123-5_1
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