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Cyanobacterial Biofuel: Sustainable and Green Energy from Blue-Green Algae addresses the urgent global demand for sustainable and low-carbon energy alternatives by focusing on cyanobacteria as a third-generation biofuel feedstock. Cyanobacteria possess unique metabolic versatility, efficient carbon fixation, and adaptability to diverse cultivation environments, positioning them as highly promising systems for renewable fuel production. Despite rapid advances in research, knowledge remains fragmented across disciplines and scale levels, creating barriers to commercialization. This reference responds to the need for a consolidated, cyanobacteria-centric resource bridging fundamental science with applied bioenergy solutions. The volume systematically covers the entire biofuel production pipeline. Chapters introduce biofuel fundamentals and cyanobacterial biology, followed by detailed treatments of strain diversity, cultivation systems, harvesting, contamination control, and scale-up strategies. Dedicated sections examine biochemical and thermochemical conversion routes for biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen, biomethane, and sustainable aviation fuels, alongside emerging applications such as microbial fuel cells and space-based life-support systems. Advanced topics include genetic and metabolic engineering, synthetic biology tools, machine learning-guided strain development, biorefinery integration, co-product valorization, and techno-economic and life-cycle assessments.Cyanobacterial Biofuel: Sustainable and Green Energy from Blue-Green Algae serves as an authoritative guide for researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and advanced students engaged in bioenergy, industrial microbiology, and sustainability sciences. By combining experimental protocols, comparative analyses, case studies, and economic frameworks, the reference supports informed decision-making, reduces translational risk, and accelerates the transition of cyanobacterial biofuels from laboratory research to industrial-scale implementation.Focuses specifically on cyanobacteria for bioenergy, covering strains, pathways, and techno-economic analysisSynthesizes latest advances in genetic engineering, metabolic optimization, and cultivation strategiesDemonstrates scale-up readiness with techno-economic assessments and biorefinery concepts