When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae) explode, their toxic overgrowth can threaten human drinking water and cause wildlife deaths in ...

Microcystis aeruginosa cells—the cyanobacterium ... Any method used to treat harmful algal blooms must ensure that the cells remain intact to prevent the release of these toxins into the aquatic ...

The study revealed that Dolichospermum was the dominant bloom-forming cyanobacteria in Winam Gulf, often accompanied by Microcystis, which produces the liver-damaging toxin microcystin.

Ruoting Pei, assistant professor in the UTSA College of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), has been awarded a grant of $290,000 from the National Science Foundation ...

The focus on this working group will be: To investigate the spatial distribution of toxic Microcystis in Lake Erie To evaluate the chemical diversity ... To evaluate the use of nutritional probes for ...

“Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River and many waters in Calusa Waterkeeper’s work area have experienced microcystis blooms of increasing scope and severity,” said Codty Pierce, Calusa ...

28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant based alternative to traditional chemical methods of combating Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The ...