Role of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides in phototrophic biofilms and in complex microbial mats

F Rossi, R De Philippis - Life, 2015 - mdpi.com
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are an important class of biopolymers with great ecological
importance. In natural environments, they are a common feature of microbial biofilms, where …

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 …

Perceived intensification in harmful algal blooms is a wave of cumulative threat to the aquatic ecosystems

SSUH Kazmi, N Yapa, SC Karunarathna… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a serious threat to aquatic environments.
The intensive expansion of HABs across the world is a warning signal of environmental …

Ecology of Southern Ocean pack ice

AS Brierley, DN Thomas - 2002 - Elsevier
Around Antartica the annual five-fold growth and decay of sea ice is the most prominent
physical process and has a profound impact on marine life there. In winter the pack ice …

Modification of exopolysaccharide composition and production by three cyanobacterial isolates under salt stress

S Ozturk, B Aslim - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2010 - Springer
Background, aim, and scope Polysaccharides are renewable resources representing an
important class of polymeric materials of biotechnological interest, offering a wide variety of …

Role of small-sized phytoplankton in triggering an ecosystem disruptive algal bloom in a Mediterranean hypersaline coastal lagoon

JM Mercado, D Cortés, F Gómez-Jakobsen… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Monthly samplings carried out in 2016–2019 and satellite color images from 2002 to 2019
have been combined to determine the onset and causative species of the ecosystem …

The utiquity and many roles of exopolymers (EPS) in aquatic systems

RS Wotton - Scientia marina, 2004 - scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es
Exopolymers (EPS) are produced by unicellular and multicellular organisms. They consist
largely of polysaccharides that hydrate rapidly on contact with water and link to form gels …

The decline and recovery of a persistent Texas brown tide algal bloom in the Laguna Madre (Texas, USA)

EJ Buskey, H Liu, C Collumb, JGF Bersano - Estuaries, 2001 - Springer
Abstract The Laguna Madre has experienced a persistent bloom of Aureoumbra lagunensis
for over eight years. The persistence of this bloom may be due in part to the often …

Use of cyanobacterial polysaccharides to promote shrub performances in desert soils: a potential approach for the restoration of desertified areas

Y Xu, F Rossi, G Colica, S Deng, R De Philippis… - Biology and fertility of …, 2013 - Springer
The importance of cyanobacterial polysaccharides of biological soil crusts in sand surface
stabilization and soil nutrient retention has been long acknowledged. However, the role of …

Polysaccharides from Grateloupia filicina enhance tolerance of rice seeds (Oryza sativa L.) under salt stress

H Liu, X Chen, L Song, K Li, X Zhang, S Liu… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a salt-sensitive crop which could be suppressed seriously by salt
stress at germination stage. Some seaweeds polysaccharides could enhance plants …