Florida's harmful algal bloom (HAB) problem: Escalating risks to human, environmental and economic health with climate change

CA Heil, AL Muni-Morgan - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) pose unique risks to the citizens, stakeholders, visitors,
environment and economy of the state of Florida. Florida has been historically subjected to …

Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic

FL Hellweger, RM Martin, F Eigemann, DJ Smith… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Harmful cyanobacteria are a global environmental problem, yet we lack actionable
understanding of toxigenic versus nontoxigenic strain ecology and toxin production. We …

Research progress in the functionalization of microcystin-LR based on interdisciplinary technologies

B Li, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Liu, Y Liu, P Xie - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Though the research of microcystins has been known for more than 70 years in the field of
ecology, tremendous developments were made in the past two decades with the emergence …

Transcriptome analysis of the effect of bisphenol A exposure on the growth, photosynthetic activity and risk of microcystin-LR release by Microcystis aeruginosa

M Yang, Z Fan, Y Xie, L Fang, X Wang, Y Yuan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bisphenol A (BPA), one of the most abundant endocrine-disrupting compounds, is frequently
detected in diverse aquatic environments, which imposes a substantial burden on the …

Genomics of urea transport and catabolism in cyanobacteria: biotechnological implications

T Veaudor, C Cassier-Chauvat, F Chauvat - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are widely-diverse prokaryotes that colonize our planet. They use solar
energy to assimilate huge amounts of atmospheric CO2 and produce a large part of the …

A review on factors affecting microcystins production by algae in aquatic environments

R Dai, P Wang, P Jia, Y Zhang, X Chu… - World Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Microcystins, a toxin produced by Microcystis aeruginosa have become a global
environmental issue in recent years. As a consequence of eutrophication, microcystins have …

Seasonally Relevant Cool Temperatures Interact with N Chemistry to Increase Microcystins Produced in Lab Cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843

G Peng, RM Martin, SP Dearth, X Sun… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Freshwater cyanobacterial blooms are regularly formed by Microcystis spp., which are well-
known producers of the hepatotoxin microcystin. The environmental factors that regulate …

Physiological effects of nitrate, ammonium, and urea on the growth and microcystins contamination of Microcystis aeruginosa: implication for nitrogen mitigation

Q Chen, M Wang, J Zhang, W Shi, AE Mynett, H Yan… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of three commonly bioavailable nitrogen (N) sources (nitrate, ammonium, and
urea) on regulating the growth and microcystins (MCs) production of Microcystis aeruginosa …

Regulation of nitrogen source for enhanced photobiological H2 production by co-culture of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Mesorhizobium sangaii

Q Yu, J He, Q Zhao, X Wang, Y Zhi, X Li, X Li, L Li, B Ge - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen compounds play an important role in the growth and hydrogen production of
microalgae. Here, we report how different nitrogen compounds regulate biomass production …

Evaluation of changes in Microcystis aeruginosa growth and microcystin production by urea via transcriptomic surveys

Y Zhou, X Zhang, X Li, P Jia, R Dai - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The freshwater cyanobacteria, Microcystis aeruginosa (M. aeruginosa), is well known to
produce microcystins (MCs) and induce the formation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in …