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Using Microcystin-degrading Bacteria and their Enzymes for Water ...
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The WHO has issued a microcystins provisional ingestion guideline limit of 1 μg/L (ppb), and in 2015 the U.S. EPA issued ten-day health advisory ...
Different Varieties of Microcystins Have Differing Toxicities, and Why ...
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Recent studies have shown that different varieties (or congeners) of microcystins differ in levels of toxicity, and that the varieties of microcystins ...
The Fate of Microcystins in the Environment and Challenges for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/the-fate-of-microcystins-in-the-environment-and-challenges-for-monitoring/
Microcystins are secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria that act as hepatotoxins in higher organisms. These toxins can be altered through ...
New Research Raises Questions About How, Where Cyanobacterial Toxins ...
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Microcystins are potent liver-damaging toxins frequently detected in freshwater lakes plagued by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). With the prevalence ...
Microcystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring For and Minimizing ...
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There are now data demonstrating that microcystins associated blooms of Microcystis accumulate in shellfish in California, Washington, Louisiana ...
Exploring Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/study-explores-airborne-health-risks-from-cyanobacteria-blooms-in-florida/
With microcystins present in coastal waters near Cape Coral communities, residents expressed concerns about health risks from exposure to microcystins ...
Toxin Detection Technologies - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Applications are being validated for detecting the cyanobacterial toxins, microcystins and cylindrospermopsins, in a water sample, and developed for ...
New Study Describes Transport of Toxic Freshwater Cyanobacteria to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/freshwater-cyanobacteria-and-cyanotoxins-invade-the-california-coastal-ocean-study-shows/
Microcystins (cyanotoxins) were also commonly detected in both locations, although the beach berm retained the lagoonal water for much of the year ...
Expansion of Anatoxin-a Monitoring Methods for Harmful Algal Blooms to ...
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Why We Care Driven in part by the Toledo water crisis of 2014, many states now have robust cyanotoxin monitoring programs that are strongly focused on ...
Single-day Intensive Sampling Quantifies Algal Toxin Load in Western ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/single-day-intensive-sampling-quantifies-algal-toxin-load-in-western-lake-erie/
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 ...
Funding Awarded to Study Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/funding-awarded-to-study-airborne-health-risks-from-cyanobacteria-blooms-in-florida/
With microcystins present in coastal waters near Cape Coral communities, residents have expressed concerns about health risks from exposure to microcy ...
Developing Practical and Affordable Water Filtration Systems to Remove ...
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Chlorination works well to remove microcystins in laboratory experiments but often fails under real-world situations of high dissolved organic carbon ...
Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the ...
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The four toxins that are typically monitored in freshwater are microcystins, cylindrospermopsins, saxitoxins, and anatoxin-a. While commercially ...
Molecular Response of the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium, Microcystis ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/molecular-response-of-the-bloom-forming-cyanobacterium-microcystis-aeruginosa-to-phosphorus-limitation/
Cyanobacteria blooms caused by species such as Microcystis have become commonplace in many freshwater ecosystems. Although phosphorus (P) typically ...
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 ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/blurred-lines-multiple-freshwater-and-marine-algal-toxins-at-the-land-sea-interface-of-san-francisco-bay-california/
This study documents the occurrence of domoic acid and microcystins in SFB from 2011 to 2016, and identifies domoic acid, microcystins, DSTs, and PSTs ...
Improving Tools for Monitoring Multiple HAB Toxins at the Land-Sea ...
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We are using field samples and lab cultures to improve the passive toxin sampling device known as Solid Phase Toxin Tracking (SPATT), enabling ...
Four Different Algal Toxins Found in San Francisco Bay Mussels
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Microcystins – hepatotoxins that cause liver damage in people and animals, and are produced by freshwater cyanobacteria in the genus Microcystis ...
NCCOS Funds $6.8M for New and Continuing Harmful Algal Bloom Research
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-funds-6-8m-for-new-and-continuing-harmful-algal-bloom-research/
Another continuing project is providing a strategy to add monitoring of multiple marine and freshwater HAB toxins (microcystins, ASP-, DSP- ...