Historically, phosphorus (P) has been considered the primary limiting nutrient for
phytoplankton assemblages in freshwater ecosystems. This review, supported by new …

Microcystis is a cyanobacterium that forms toxic blooms in freshwater ecosystems around
the world. Biological variation among taxa within the genus is apparent through genetic and …

The variations in microcystin concentrations during cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater
ecosystems appear to depend on numerous factors, which have still not been fully identified …

Abstract “Everything is everywhere, but environments selects.” Is this true? The
cosmopolitan nature of algae, including phytoplankton, has been highlighted in many …

While it has been known that toxic and non-toxic Microcystis coexist in lakes and their
relative proportions vary depending on environmental factors, the main driving force for such …

For many ecological studies of cyanobacteria, it is essential that closely related species or
strains can be discriminated. Since this is often not possible by using morphological …

Background Free-living microorganisms have long been assumed to have ubiquitous
distributions with little biogeographic signature because they typically exhibit high dispersal …

To measure genetic variation within and among populations of the bloom-forming
cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, we surveyed a suite of lakes in the southern …

For the first time in Belgium and Luxembourg, the diversity and taxonomy of 95
cyanobacterial strains isolated from freshwater blooms were assessed by the comparison of …

The invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is increasingly spreading in
temperate freshwater habitats worldwide and is of major concern due to its ability to produce …