When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green ... In freshwater environments ...

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, and also support local economies. Around the ...

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, as well as supporting local economies. Around the world, though, there's a growing threat to lakes: toxic bacteria which ...

At most sites where the researchers found Dolichospermum, they also found another cyanobacteria called Microcystis. Microcystis and a cyanobacteria called Planktothrix were more abundant in ...

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.

HABs caused by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) exhibit enormous threats to human health, animals, and aquatic ecosystems. Microcystis aeruginosa cells—the cyanobacterium that causes HABs ...

This study investigates how fluid flow affects the formation and maintenance of large colonial structures in cyanobacteria. We performed experiments on laboratory cultures and lake samples of the ...