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Different Varieties of Microcystins Have Differing Toxicities, and Why ...
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It is also important to beach managers so they can issue warnings to beach goers. Recent studies have shown that different varieties (or congeners) of ...
The Fate of Microcystins in the Environment and Challenges for ...
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Microcystins are secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria that act as hepatotoxins in higher organisms. These toxins can be altered through ...
Exploring Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida
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With microcystins present in coastal waters near Cape Coral communities, residents expressed concerns about health risks from exposure to microcystins ...
Using Microcystin-degrading Bacteria and their Enzymes for Water ...
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Taken together, microcystin-degrading bacteria in biofilters and microcystin-degrading enzymes could reduce water treatment costs, provide safe ...
microcystins Archives - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Microcystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring... This project addresses an emerging concern across the US - the transfer of freshwater algal ...
[PDF] PCMHAB-One-Pager (2024) - cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov
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In addition, the researchers demonstrated that these bacteria degraded microcystins into non-toxic fragments. This project will assess the potential ...
New Research Raises Questions About How, Where Cyanobacterial Toxins ...
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The published results challenge the traditional explanation for microcystin removal and raise questions about how and where microcystin degradation ...
Microcystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring For and Minimizing ...
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Microcystin monitoring approaches in both bivalves and water samples will be evaluated for their collective suitability to detect microcystins in ...
Human Health Guidelines Difficult to Establish for Algal Toxins
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A new study has documented the fate of microcystins – the most common of the freshwater blue-green algae toxins – and the challenges for monitoring ...
Funding Awarded to Study Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria ...
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With microcystins present in coastal waters near Cape Coral communities, residents have expressed concerns about health risks from exposure to microcy ...
Single-day Intensive Sampling Quantifies Algal Toxin Load in Western ...
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Microcystins are a class of potent liver toxins produced by some freshwater cyanobacteria, such as Microcystis. The two six-hour, one-day sampling ...
NCCOS Sensor Measures Toxicity of Lake Erie Algal Bloom in Near Real ...
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Cyanobacteria in Lake Erie can sometimes grow out of control and produce toxins called microcystins that are harmful to people and animals. These ...
Improving Tools for Monitoring Multiple HAB Toxins at the Land-Sea ...
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One example that exemplifies the threat these toxins pose was the deaths of over 30 endangered sea otters in Monterey Bay in 2010 from microcystins in ...
Status, Causes and Controls of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie
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The Laurentian Great Lakes are among the most prominent sources of fresh water in the world. Lake Erie’s infamous cyanobacterial blooms have, however ...
Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the ...
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The project team will develop saxitoxins and anatoxin-a assays, demonstrate adequate congener coverage and sensitivity, and multiplex the assays into ...
Developing Practical and Affordable Water Filtration Systems to Remove ...
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There is tremendous worldwide demand for safe, reliable, and affordable systems to clarify water. Chlorination works well to remove microcystins in ...
Linking Models and Field Experiments to Forecast Algal Bloom Toxicity ...
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We are investigating the links between environmental variables and harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in Lake Erie to better understand the process of ...
Blurred lines: Multiple freshwater and marine algal toxins at the land ...
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Dinophysis shellfish toxins (DSTs) and freshwater microcystins are also present within SFB, but not routinely monitored. Acute exposure to any of ...
Molecular Response of the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium, Microcystis ...
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Cyanobacteria blooms caused by species such as Microcystis have become commonplace in many freshwater ecosystems. Although phosphorus (P) typically ...
NCCOS Funds $6.8M for New and Continuing Harmful Algal Bloom Research
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Another continuing project is providing a strategy to add monitoring of multiple marine and freshwater HAB toxins (microcystins, ASP-, DSP- ...