title: The chemical ecology of cyanobacteria.
abstract: This review covers the literature on the chemically mediated ecology of cyanobacteria, including ultraviolet radiation protection, feeding-deterrence, allelopathy, resource competition, and signalling. To highlight the chemical and biological diversity of this group of organisms, evolutionary and chemotaxonomical studies are presented. Several technologically relevant aspects of cyanobacterial chemical ecology are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: CIIMAR/CIMAR, Center for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123, Porto, Portugal. pleao@ciimar.up.pt
authors.forename: Pedro N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.forename: Niclas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Engene
authors.forename: Agostinho
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Gerwick
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D052817:Phototrophic Processes