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 …

The β-Lactamase Activity at the Community Level Confers β-Lactam Resistance to Bloom-Forming Microcystis aeruginosa Cells

Y Park, W Kim, M Kim, W Park - Journal of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Many freshwater cyanobacteria, including Microcystis aeruginosa, lack several known
antibiotic resistance genes; however, both axenic and xenic M. aeruginosa strains exhibited …

Interaction among spring phytoplankton succession, water discharge patterns, and hydrogen peroxide dynamics in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida

H Urakawa, JH Steele, TL Hancock, EK Dahedl… - Harmful Algae, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton communities are major primary producers in the aquatic realm and are
responsible for shaping aquatic ecosystems. The dynamics of algal blooms could be …

Comprehensive and functional analyses reveal the genomic diversity and potential toxicity of Microcystis

H Cao, D Xu, T Zhang, Q Ren, L Xiang, C Ning… - Harmful Algae, 2022 - Elsevier
Microcystis is a cyanobacteria that is widely distributed across the world. It has attracted
great attention because it produces the hepatotoxin microcystin (MC) that can inhibit …

Differential Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide and L-Lysine Treatments on the Growth of Freshwater Cyanophyta and Chlorophyta

EK Dahedl, H Urakawa - Ecologies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms of the toxin-producing Microcystis have become a growing
problem for Southwest Florida freshwater bodies. Recently, a 2016 bloom in Lake …

The cysteine protease MaOC1, a prokaryotic caspase homolog, cleaves the antitoxin of a type II toxin-antitoxin system

M Klemenčič, A Halužan Vasle, M Dolinar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa is known for its global
distribution and for the production of toxic compounds. In the genome of M. aeruginosa PCC …