Knowing this, they hope to better understand, detect and predict when a bloom might occur, or even trace the algae to a ...

Researchers studying harmful algal blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary that separates Minnesota and Wisconsin have made a breakthrough discovery: for the first time, they've linked a known ...

A team of environmental microbiologists led by Dr. Jozef Nissimov, a professor at the University of Waterloo, has shown for the first time experimentally that when viruses infect and kill Microcystis ...

Warm, nutrient-rich water conditions favor large blooms of Microcystis, which can form thick green mats on the surface of the water. “This study is significant because it is the first to establish a ...

However, the lake faces increasing harmful cyanobacteria blooms, particularly from the toxin-producing species Microcystis aeruginosa. These microscopic algae thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters ...

Spanning Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, Lake Victoria supports nearly 47 million people who rely on it for fresh water, fishing, and other livelihoods. The study identified Microcystis, a type of ...

All three types are also found in harmful blooms in Lake Erie. In fact, the Microcystis algae, which is the kind that currently causes the most problems in Lake Erie, was genetically very similar ...

But we linked Microcystis to microcystin. This is a liver-damaging toxin that can kill livestock, wildlife and humans, especially those whose immune system isn’t working well.

The research paper, “Intraspecific divergence within Microcystis aeruginosa mediates the dynamics of freshwater harmful algal blooms under climate warming scenarios,” was published Feb. 5, 2025, in ...

Fig. 2 Kinetics of fragmentation of Microcystis strain V163 colonies under cone-and-plate shear flow. The laboratory culture was filtered to select mainly large colonies, and the total biovolume ...

Highest filtration rates were registered when mussels fed on Nitzschia. Despite that, golden mussel expelled Nitzschia cells in large quantities and preferentially ingested Microcystis cells, both ...

The species most commonly associated with microcystin production is Microcystis aeruginosa Reports have revealed that Harare City Council has been discharging raw sewage into the Mukuvisi River ...