The languages spoken in the water body (or the biological role of cyanobacterial toxins)
- Although intensification of toxic cyanobacterial blooms over the last decade is a matter of growing concern due to bloom impact on water quality, the biological role of most of the toxins produced is not known. In this critical review we focus primarily on the biological role of two toxins, microcystins and cylindrospermopsin, in inter- and intra-species communication and in nutrient acquisition. We examine the experimental evidence supporting some of the dogmas in the field and raise several open questions to be dealt with in future research. We do not discuss the health and environmental implications of toxin presence in the water body.
Author details: | Aaron Kaplan, Moshe Harel, Ruth N. Kaplan-Levy, Ora Hadas, Assaf Sukenik, Elke Dittmann-ThünemannORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00138 |
ISSN: | 1664-302X |
Title of parent work (English): | Frontiers in microbiology |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
Place of publishing: | Lausanne |
Publication type: | Review |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2012 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | aoa; cylindrospermopsin; cyr; mcy; microcystin |
Volume: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
Funding institution: | Israel Science Foundation; Israeli Science and Technology Ministry (MOST); German Research Foundation [Di910/3-1]; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Israel Water Authority; Yohai Ben-Noon Foundation; EU-NEST program |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |