Overview and challenges of large-scale cultivation of photosynthetic microalgae and cyanobacteria

L Novoveská, SL Nielsen, OT Eroldoğan… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are diverse groups of organisms with great potential to
benefit societies across the world. These organisms are currently used in food, feed …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods

J Pawlowski, K Bruce, K Panksep, FI Aguirre… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Untangling microbiota diversity and assembly patterns in the world's largest water diversion canal

L Zhang, W Yin, C Wang, A Zhang, H Zhang, T Zhang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Large water diversion projects are important constructions for reallocation of human-
essential water resources. Deciphering microbiota dynamics and assembly mechanisms …

Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA

C Barouillet, ME Monchamp, S Bertilsson… - Freshwater …, 2023 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Analyses of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) have increased exponentially over the last decade
and hold great potential to study the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota over …

Metagenomics versus total RNA sequencing: most accurate data-processing tools, microbial identification accuracy and perspectives for ecological assessments

CA Hempel, N Wright, J Harvie, JS Hleap… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Metagenomics and total RNA sequencing (total RNA-Seq) have the potential to improve the
taxonomic identification of diverse microbial communities, which could allow for the …

Measuring the state of aquatic environments using eDNA—upscaling spatial resolution of biotic indices

RC Blackman, L Carraro, F Keck… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aquatic macroinvertebrates, including many aquatic insect orders, are a diverse and
ecologically relevant organismal group yet they are strongly affected by anthropogenic …

Effects of chemical contaminants on the ecology and evolution of organisms a review

PO Samuel, GI Edo, GO Oloni, U Ugbune… - Chemistry and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chemical contaminants in the environment have become a growing concern due to their
detrimental effects on the ecology and evolution of organisms. Understanding the impacts of …

Wastewater discharges alter microbial community composition in surface waters of the canadian prairies

M Esser, C Hoggarth, H Baulch, JK Challis, Y Xie… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial communities are an important component of freshwater biodiversity that is
threatened by anthropogenic impacts. Wastewater discharges pose a particular concern by …

DNA sequence and taxonomic gap analyses to quantify the coverage of aquatic cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae in reference databases: Results of a survey …

N Salmaso, V Vasselon, F Rimet, M Vautier… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The taxonomic identification of organisms based on the amplification of specific genetic
markers (metabarcoding) implicitly requires adequate discriminatory information and …

Freshwater trophic status mediates microbial community assembly and interdomain network complexity

B Wang, B Ma, E Stirling, Z He, H Zhang, Q Yan - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwater microorganisms and their interactions are important drivers of nutrient cycling
that are in turn affected by nutrient status, causing shifts in microbial community diversity …