Fungal bioremediation approaches for the removal of toxic pollutants: Mechanistic understanding for biorefinery applications

BK Navina, NK Velmurugan, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollution is a global menace that poses harmful effects on all the living ecosystems and to
the Earth. As years pass by, the available and the looming rate of pollutants increases at a …

[HTML][HTML] Microcystin concentrations and congener composition in relation to environmental variables across 440 north-temperate and boreal lakes

PW MacKeigan, A Zastepa, ZE Taranu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the environmental conditions and taxa that promote the occurrence of
cyanobacterial toxins is imperative for effective management of lake ecosystems. Herein, we …

The Great Lakes Winter Grab: Limnological data from a multi‐institutional winter sampling campaign on the Laurentian Great Lakes

G Pu, K Shchapov, NJT Pearce… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in winter limnology is growing rapidly, but progress is hindered by a shortage of
standardized multivariate datasets on winter conditions. Addressing the winter data gap will …

Microcystin-LR induces fatty liver metabolic disease in zebrafish through the PPARα-NOD1 pathway: In vivo, in vitro, and in silico investigations

K Ou-Yang, Y He, H Yang, L Wang, Q Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2025 - Elsevier
Hepatic lipid metabolism dysfunction caused by cyanobacteria bloom-released microcystin-
LR (MC-LR) contributes to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and …

Taxonomic and functional metagenomic assessment of a Dolichospermum bloom in a large and deep lake south of the Alps

N Salmaso, L Cerasino, M Pindo… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Untargeted genetic approaches can be used to explore the high metabolic versatility of
cyanobacteria. In this context, a comprehensive metagenomic shotgun analysis was …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and ecological features of deep chlorophyll layers in Lake of the Woods, a complex hydrological system with strong trophic, physical, and …

A Zastepa, J Comte, S Crevecoeur - Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We characterized deep chlorophyll layers (DCLs), previously unknown, in Lake of the
Woods (Canada), a complex hydrological system with strong trophic, physical, and chemical …

Inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa and degradation of microcystin by urea-derived carbon dots

T Chang, B Cheng, L Yue, X Cao, C Wang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms and microcystin (MC-LR) are threats to fresh aquatic environments
and even human health. Herein, the urea-derived carbon dots (UDs) prepared by …

[HTML][HTML] Regional and Longitudinal Dynamics of Cyanobacterial Blooms/Cyanobiome and Cyanotoxin Production in the Great Lakes Area

F Saleem, JL Jiang, E Li, K Tran, A Boere, M Rahman… - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are a diverse group of prokaryotic microorganisms that
impact global biogeochemical cycles. Under eutrophic conditions, cyanobacterial species …

Cyanopeptolins and Anabaenopeptins Are the Dominant Cyanopeptides from Planktothrix Strains Collected in Canadian Lakes

CD Earnshaw, DR McMullin - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
Common bloom-forming cyanobacteria produce complex strain-specific mixtures of
secondary metabolites. The beneficial and toxic properties of these metabolite mixtures …

Nitrification in the water column of Lake Erie: Seasonal patterns, community dynamics, and competition with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms

DK Hoffman, MJ McCarthy… - Aquatic …, 2023 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
This study reports directly measured nitrification rates in the water column of western Lake
Erie, which is affected by annual cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and across all three …