Cyanobacteria: Extreme Environments and Toxic Metabolites

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Authors

  • Francesca Pittino Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  • Juliana Oliveira Department of Environmental Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
  • Mariana De Almeida Torres School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Sabine Fink Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  • Elisabeth M. L. Janssen Department of Environmental Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
  • Christoph Scheidegger Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.967

Keywords:

Bioaccumulation, Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, Lichen, Water quality

Abstract

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that can colonize different habitats, including extreme ones. They are of great interest to the scientific community, especially because of their ability to produce cyanotoxins: toxic secondary metabolites potentially harmful to organisms especially when released to surface waters.

CHIMIA Vol. 76 No. 11 (2022): Chemical Ecology

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2022-11-30

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Vol. 76 No. 11 (2022): Chemical Ecology

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F. Pittino, J. Oliveira, M. De Almeida Torres, S. Fink, E. M. L. Janssen, C. Scheidegger, Chimia 2022, 76, 967, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2022.967.