The review focuses on the compounds that impact upon humans and livestock, either as toxins or as pharmaceutically useful substances. The classifiation of cyanotoxins, their role in nature, the genetic regulation of cyanotoxin production, the effects of environmental factors on toxin biosynthesis by cyanobacteria, and the problems of toxin biodegradation are discussed.
Keywords: cyanobacteria, toxin diversity, toxin production, genetic regulation of biosynthesis, biodegradation
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