[HTML][HTML] Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for assessment of microbial water quality: current progress, challenges, and future opportunities

BF Tan, C Ng, JP Nshimyimana, LL Loh… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Water quality is an emergent property of a complex system comprised of interacting
microbial populations and introduced microbial and chemical contaminants. Studies …

Global expansion of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria: effect on ecosystem functioning

A Sukenik, A Quesada, N Salmaso - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
The recent invasion and proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria in diverse aquatic habitats is a
well-known worldwide phenomenon. The expansion of cyanobacterial blooms have the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative metagenomics of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria bloom communities on two continents

MM Steffen, Z Li, TC Effler, LJ Hauser, GL Boyer… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Toxic cyanobacterial blooms have persisted in freshwater systems around the world for
centuries and appear to be globally increasing in frequency and severity. Toxins produced …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomic identification of bacterioplankton taxa and pathways involved in microcystin degradation in Lake Erie

X Mou, X Lu, J Jacob, S Sun, R Heath - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cyanobacterial harmful blooms (CyanoHABs) that produce microcystins are appearing in an
increasing number of freshwater ecosystems worldwide, damaging quality of water for use …

The common bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis is prone to a wide array of microbial antagonists

J Van Wichelen, P Vanormelingen, GA Codd… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Many degraded waterbodies around the world are subject to strong proliferations of
cyanobacteria–notorious for their toxicity, high biomass build-up and negative impacts on …

[HTML][HTML] Host-specificity and dynamics in bacterial communities associated with bloom-forming freshwater phytoplankton

IL Bagatini, A Eiler, S Bertilsson, D Klaveness… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Many freshwater phytoplankton species have the potential to form transient nuisance
blooms that affect water quality and other aquatic biota. Heterotrophic bacteria can influence …

[HTML][HTML] Illumina sequencing-based analysis of free-living bacterial community dynamics during an Akashiwo sanguine bloom in Xiamen sea, China

C Yang, Y Li, B Zhou, Y Zhou, W Zheng, Y Tian… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Although phytoplankton are the major source of marine dissolved organic matter (DOM),
their blooms are a global problem that can greatly affect marine ecological systems …

Significant influence of phosphorus resources on the growth and alkaline phosphatase activities of Microcystis aeruginosa

E Xie, Y Su, S Deng, M Kontopyrgou, D Zhang - Environmental pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
It is well-accepted that phosphorus, particularly orthophosphate, is a determinant factor in
aquatic eutrophication. However, numerous kinds of phosphorus sources exist in real world …

The Raphidiopsis (= Cylindrospermopsis) raciborskii pangenome updated: Two new metagenome-assembled genomes from the South American clade

M Laux, CM Piroupo, JC Setubal, A Giani - Harmful Algae, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Two Raphidiopsis (= Cylindrospermopsis) raciborskii metagenome-assembled
genomes (MAGs) were recovered from two freshwater metagenomic datasets sampled in …

[HTML][HTML] A Large-Scale Comparative Metagenomic Study Reveals the Functional Interactions in Six Bloom-Forming Microcystis-Epibiont Communities

Q Li, F Lin, C Yang, J Wang, Y Lin, M Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacterial blooms are worldwide issues of societal concern and scientific interest. Lake
Taihu and Lake Dianchi, two of the largest lakes in China, have been suffering from annual …