Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

VR Després, JA Huffman, SM Burrows… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Atmospheric aerosol particles of biological origin are a very diverse group of biological
materials and structures, including microorganisms, dispersal units, fragments and …

How do freshwater organisms cross the “dry ocean”? A review on passive dispersal and colonization processes with a special focus on temporary ponds

G Incagnone, F Marrone, R Barone, L Robba… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Lakes and ponds are scattered on Earth's surface as islands in the ocean. The organisms
inhabiting these ecosystems have thus developed strategies to pass the barrier represented …

Desiccation stress and tolerance in green algae: consequences for ultrastructure, physiological and molecular mechanisms

A Holzinger, U Karsten - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Although most green algae typically occur in aquatic ecosystems, many species also live
partly or permanently under aeroterrestrial conditions, where the cells are exposed to the …

[图书][B] Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments: diversity, health impacts, investigation and control

B Flannigan, RA Samson, JD Miller - 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Despite the large amount of money spent on research into pollution of the indoor
environment, the problem remains complex with major gaps in our knowledge of the …

[HTML][HTML] Bioremediation of the textile waste effluent by Chlorella vulgaris

HY El-Kassas, LA Mohamed - Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The microalgae biomass production from textile waste effluent is a possible solution for the
environmental impact generated by the effluent discharge into water sources. The potential …

[PDF][PDF] Biotechnological applications of microalgae

WL Chu - IeJSME, 2012 - iejsme.imu.edu.my
Microalgae are important biological resources that have a wide range of biotechnological
applications. Due to their high nutritional value, microalgae such as Spirulina and Chlorella …

Open pond culture systems

MA Borowitzka, NR Moheimani - Algae for biofuels and energy, 2012 - Springer
Open pond culture systems are the main type of culture system used in the commercial-
scale culture of microalgae and because of their relatively low cost are the systems most …

Biodiversity of algae and cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts collected along a climatic gradient in Chile using an integrative approach

E Samolov, K Baumann, B Büdel, P Jung, P Leinweber… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biocrusts are associations of various prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms in the top
millimeters of soil, which can be found in every climate zone on Earth. They stabilize soils …

Airborne microalgae: insights, opportunities, and challenges

SVM Tesson, CA Skjøth, T Šantl-Temkiv… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Airborne dispersal of microalgae has largely been a blind spot in environmental biological
studies because of their low concentration in the atmosphere and the technical limitations in …