supported by the National Water Science and Technology Project (No.2017ZX07203-003);the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2017YFA0605201);the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.412111020)
Microcystis panniformis is a bloom forming species with flat panniform-like colonies. This species was recently found in Lake Taihu, China. To specifically characterize M. panniformis based on isolated strains, morpho...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2008CB418006);the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (No.2013ZX07102-005);the Natural Science Foundation of China--Yunnan Project (No.U0833604);the National Science Foundation of China (No.31123001)
The increasing occurrence of Microcystis blooms is of great concern to public health and ecosystem due to the potential hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) produced by these colonial cyanobacteria. In order to interpret ...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2008CB418002);the National Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment(No.2012ZX07103-002);the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KZZDEW-TZ-08-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20807043)
Rice straw is supposed to be an environment-friendly biomaterial for inhibiting the growth of harmful blooms of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. However, its potential mechanism is not well known. To explore...
supported by the National Major Scienceand Technology Program for Water Pollution Controland Treatment (No. 2008ZX07103-005);the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No.2008CB418000)
Cyanobacteria, specifically Microcystis, usually form massive blooms in eutrophic freshwater lakes. Cyanobacterial samples were collected from eight sites of both Lake Taihu and Lake Chaohu in late summer to determine...
supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2008CB418006);the National Special Program of Water Environment (No.2009ZX07106-001-002);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31070355);the National Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (No. 2009ZX07101-013)
A quantitative protocol for the rapid analysis of Microcystis cells and colonies in lake sediment was developed using a modified flow cytometer, the CytoSense. For cell enumeration, diluted sediment samples containing...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(No. 2008CB418002);the National Major Programs of Water Body Pollution Control and Remediation (Nos. 2009ZX07106-001, 2009ZX07104-005);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30830025)
Cyanobacterial blooms occur frequently in lakes due to eutrophication. Although a number of models have been proposed to forecast algal blooms, a good and applicable method is still lacking. This study explored a simp...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program)(No. 2008CB418002);the National Major Programs of Water Body Pollution Control and Remediation (Nos. 2009ZX07104-005,2009ZX07106-001)
Eutrophication has become a serious concern in many lakes, resulting in cyanobacterial blooms. However, the mechanism and pathways of cyanobacteria decline are less understood. To identify and define the growth and de...
supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2008CB418000)
Lake Taihu,a large,shallow hypertrophic freshwater lake in eastern China,has experienced lake-wide toxic cyanobacterial blooms annually during summer season in the past decades.Spatial changes in the abundance of hepa...