Ecophysiology of toxic bloom-forming cyanobacteria and their symbionts

• Main Author: Lockwood, Dominique J.
• Other Authors: Louie Wurch, Morgan Steffen, Pradeep Menon
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: JMU Scholarly Commons 2021
• Subjects: algae; cyanobacteria; microcystis; aeruginosa; microbiome; co-culture; Biology; Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology; Microbial Physiology; Microbiology; Toledo; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/masters202029/115; https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/context/masters202029/article/1122/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

Currently, there is a pernicious microbe in the genus Microcystis that is putting the world’s freshwater resources at risk. A member of the phylum Cyanobacteria, otherwise referred to as blue-green algae, Microcystis forms massive algal blooms in lakes and has the potential to produce a toxin, which...