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Microbiol."],"abstract":"<jats:p>Tardigrades, known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are diminutive animals capable of surviving many extreme environments, even been exposed to space in low Earth orbit. Recently termed tardigrade disordered proteins (TDPs) include three families as cytoplasmic-(CAHS), secreted-(SAHS), and mitochondrial-abundant heat soluble (MAHS) proteins. How these tiny animals survive these stresses has remained relatively mysterious. Cyanobacteria cast attention as a \u201cmicrobial factory\u201d to produce biofuels and high-value-added chemicals due to their ability to photosynthesis and CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> sequestration. We explored a lot about biofuel stress and related mechanisms in <jats:italic>Synechocystis sp.<\/jats:italic> PCC 6803. The previous studies show that CAHS protein heterogenous expression in bacteria, yeast, and human cells increases desiccation tolerance in these hosts. 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