Supported by the Department of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province(Nos.[2015]2001,[2017]2863,[2018]5805);the Education Department of Guizhou Province(No.KY[2017]032);the Water Resources Department of Guizhou Province(No.KT201401)
Toxic cyanobacteria(TCB) are well-known worldwide for their adverse impacts on humans. Species compositions and seasonal variations of TCB in reservoirs depend on interactions between physical and chemical factors. Th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21677086, 21407092, 21377067, 21577078);the Natural Science Foundation for Innovation Group of Hubei Province, China (2015CFA021)~~
Microcystin-RR(MC-RR),a form of microcystin with two arginine moieties,is a cyanobacterial toxin that has been detected across a wide geographic range.It is a great concern globally because of its potential liver to...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31100340);the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (No.2012ZX07103-004-02)
Microcystin-RR (MC-RR) has been suggested to induce apoptosis in tobacco BY-2 cells through mitochondrial dysfunction including the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential . TO further elucidate the mechanisms invo...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30972440);the National Science and Technology Major Project(No.2012ZX07101-005)
The indigenous bacterial strain MC-LTH11 with the capability of degrading microcystin-RR MC-RR and microcystin-LR MC-LR was successfully isolated from Lake Taihu.The bacterium was identified as Stenotrophomonas sp. wh...
supported by the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China (No.2008CB418002);the Frontier Research Project of the Chinese Academy of Science (No.082303-1-501)
A water bloom sample collected from Lake Dishui in Shanghai was characterized. The morphological identification showed that Micorcystis wesenbergii and Micorcystis smithii were the main component of the bloom. Five st...
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-Q07-04);the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Marine Spill Oil Identification and Damage Assessment Technology, SOA (200713);Open Research Fund Program of Shandong Key Laboratory for Eco-Environmental Science of Yellow River Delta, Binzhou China (2007KFJJ04)
Microcystins are a kind of cyclic hepatoxins produced by many species of cyanobacteria.Most previous work have been done on the toxic effects of microcystins on animals and plants.However,the reports about the effect ...
supported by the Chinese National Key Project for Basic Research (No.2008CB418105);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20621703,20477050);the Important-Direction-Project funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
A strain, USTB-05, isolated from Lake Dianchi, China, degraded the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin-RR (MC-RR) at the rate of 16.7 mg/L per day. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequence showed that the strain was Sphingopyxis ...
Supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China(2008CB418105); the National Natural Science Foundation of China(203777008 20621703); the State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control(09K08ESPCT); the Educational Committee of Beijing
A promising bacterial strain for the biodegradation of Microcystins(MCs)was isolated from Dianchi lake in China and identified as Sphingopyxis sp.USTB-05 by the analysis of 16s rDNA.Initial MC-RR of 42.3 mg·L -1 was ...
Projects 50178022 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;2006AA06Z309 by the Hi-tech Research and Development Programof China
Due to the potent hepatotoxicity and tumor-promoting activity of microcystins, a successful removal of these toxins during drinking water treatment processes is of increasing concem. The oxidation kinetics of MC-RR by...
The experiments were performed to investigate the degradation of microcystins in order to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of UV/H2O2 system for the disinfection of water polluted by microcystins. The influenc...