A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

MJ Harke, MM Steffen, CJ Gobler, TG Otten… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the present state of knowledge regarding the toxic, bloom-forming
cyanobacterium, Microcystis, with a specific focus on its geographic distribution, toxins …

Perspective: Advancing the research agenda for improving understanding of cyanobacteria in a future of global change

MA Burford, CC Carey, DP Hamilton, J Huisman… - Harmful Algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (= cyanoHABs) are an increasing feature of many
waterbodies throughout the world. Many bloom-forming species produce toxins, making …

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 …

Ecophysiological Examination of the Lake Erie Microcystis Bloom in 2014: Linkages between Biology and the Water Supply Shutdown of Toledo, OH

MM Steffen, TW Davis, RML McKay… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Annual cyanobacterial blooms dominated by Microcystis have occurred in western Lake Erie
(US/Canada) during summer months since 1995. The production of toxins by bloom-forming …

Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere

AK Hoke, G Reynoso, MR Smith, MI Gardner… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Microbial interactions in harmful algal bloom (HAB) communities have been examined in
marine systems, but are poorly studied in fresh waters. To investigate HAB-microbe …

Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Insights into Population Diversity of Microcystis Blooms: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of mcy Genotypes, Including a Partial …

CE Yancey, DJ Smith, PA Den Uyl… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) degrade freshwater ecosystems globally.
Microcystis aeruginosa often dominates cyanoHABs and produces microcystin (MC), a class …

Urea Is Both a Carbon and Nitrogen Source for Microcystis aeruginosa: Tracking 13C Incorporation at Bloom pH Conditions

LE Krausfeldt, AT Farmer, HF Castro Gonzalez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The use of urea as a nitrogenous fertilizer has increased over the past two decades, with
urea itself being readily detected at high concentrations in many lakes. Urea has been …

Nutrient-controlled niche differentiation of western Lake Erie cyanobacterial populations revealed via metatranscriptomic surveys

MJ Harke, TW Davis, SB Watson… - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Although toxic cyanobacterial blooms in western Lake Erie threaten drinking water supplies
and are promoted by nutrient loading, the precise nutrient regime that selects specific …

Discrepant gene functional potential and cross-feedings of anammox bacteria Ca. Jettenia caeni and Ca. Brocadia sinica in response to acetate

Y Feng, Y Zhao, B Jiang, H Zhao, Q Wang, S Liu - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the enhancement of anammox performance for wastewater treatment due to the
addition of small amount of acetate has been reported, discrepant metabolic responses of …

Environmental studies of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms should include interactions with the dynamic microbiome

HL Pound, RM Martin, CS Sheik… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biology is complicated. Nowhere might this be more true than in aquatic systems. Lakes,
especially those in temperate regions, commonly undergo seasonal dynamics in the …