Uncovering potential applications of cyanobacteria and algal metabolites in biology, agriculture and medicine: current status and future prospects

R Singh, P Parihar, M Singh, A Bajguz… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria and algae having complex photosynthetic systems can channelize absorbed
solar energy into other forms of energy for production of food and metabolites. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] State of knowledge and concerns on cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins

S Merel, D Walker, R Chicana, S Snyder… - Environment …, 2013 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous microorganisms considered as important contributors to the
formation of Earth's atmosphere and nitrogen fixation. However, they are also frequently …

Metabolites from algae with economical impact

KHM Cardozo, T Guaratini, MP Barros… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2007 - Elsevier
In order to survive in a highly competitive environment, freshwater or marine algae have to
develop defense strategies that result in a tremendous diversity of compounds from different …

A review on cylindrospermopsin: the global occurrence, detection, toxicity and degradation of a potent cyanotoxin

AA De La Cruz, A Hiskia, T Kaloudis… - … Science: Processes & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Cylindrospermopsin is an important cyanobacterial toxin found in water bodies worldwide.
The ever-increasing and global occurrence of massive and prolonged blooms of …

Destruction of cyanobacterial toxin cylindrospermopsin by hydroxyl radicals and sulfate radicals using UV-254 nm activation of hydrogen peroxide, persulfate and …

X He, AA de la Cruz, DD Dionysiou - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2013 - Elsevier
With increasing worldwide incidence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in bodies of water,
cylindrospermopsin (CYN) has become a significant concern to public health and water …

Enslavement in the water body by toxic Aphanizomenon ovalisporum, inducing alkaline phosphatase in phytoplanktons

Y Bar-Yosef, A Sukenik, O Hadas, Y Viner-Mozzini… - Current biology, 2010 - cell.com
The hepatotoxin cylindrospermopsin (CYN) produced by certain cyanobacteria, including
Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (hereafter Aphanizomenon)[1], seriously affects lake water …

Cyanobacterial (blue‐green algal) toxins in water supplies: Cylindrospermopsins

IR Falconer, AR Humpage - Environmental Toxicology: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The toxic alkaloid cylindrospermopsin is produced by a range of cyanobacterial species
worldwide. It was first identified in the species Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii from tropical …

Cyanotoxins

JS Metcalf, GA Codd - Ecology of cyanobacteria II: their diversity in space …, 2012 - Springer
Cyanobacteria produce a wide range of bioactive compounds in marine, transient,
freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Some of these compounds show very high toxicity (μg …

First observation of cylindrospermopsin in Anabaena lapponica isolated from the boreal environment (Finland)

L Spoof, KA Berg, J Rapala, K Lahti… - Environmental …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The cyanobacterial cytotoxin cylindrospermopsin has been mostly associated with
cyanobacteria present in tropical and subtropical regions. Cylindrospermopsin has recently …

Biosynthesis of Cylindrospermopsin and 7-Epicylindrospermopsin in Oscillatoria sp. Strain PCC 6506: Identification of the cyr Gene Cluster and Toxin Analysis

R Mazmouz, F Chapuis-Hugon, S Mann… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cylindrospermopsin is a cytotoxin produced by Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and other
cyanobacteria that has been implicated in human intoxications. We report here the complete …