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Cai H, McLimans CJ, Jiang H, Chen F, Krumholz LR, Hambright KD. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs play important roles in nutrient cycling within cyanobacterial Microcystis bloom microbiomes. MICROBIOME 2024; 12:88. [PMID: 38741135 PMCID: PMC11089705 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01801-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND During the bloom season, the colonial cyanobacterium Microcystis forms complex aggregates which include a diverse microbiome within an exopolymer matrix. Early research postulated a simple mutualism existing with bacteria benefitting from the rich source of fixed carbon and Microcystis receiving recycled nutrients. Researchers have since hypothesized that Microcystis aggregates represent a community of synergistic and interacting species, an interactome, each with unique metabolic capabilities that are critical to the growth, maintenance, and demise of Microcystis blooms. Research has also shown that aggregate-associated bacteria are taxonomically different from free-living bacteria in the surrounding water. Moreover, research has identified little overlap in functional potential between Microcystis and members of its microbiome, further supporting the interactome concept. However, we still lack verification of general interaction and know little about the taxa and metabolic pathways supporting nutrient and metabolite cycling within Microcystis aggregates. RESULTS During a 7-month study of bacterial communities comparing free-living and aggregate-associated bacteria in Lake Taihu, China, we found that aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria were significantly more abundant within Microcystis aggregates than in free-living samples, suggesting a possible functional role for AAP bacteria in overall aggregate community function. We then analyzed gene composition in 102 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of bloom-microbiome bacteria from 10 lakes spanning four continents, compared with 12 complete Microcystis genomes which revealed that microbiome bacteria and Microcystis possessed complementary biochemical pathways that could serve in C, N, S, and P cycling. Mapping published transcripts from Microcystis blooms onto a comprehensive AAP and non-AAP bacteria MAG database (226 MAGs) indicated that observed high levels of expression of genes involved in nutrient cycling pathways were in AAP bacteria. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide strong corroboration of the hypothesized Microcystis interactome and the first evidence that AAP bacteria may play an important role in nutrient cycling within Microcystis aggregate microbiomes. Video Abstract.
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- Haiyuan Cai
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
- Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
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Hancock TL, Dahedl EK, Kratz MA, Urakawa H. The synchronicity of bloom-forming cyanobacteria transcription patterns and hydrogen peroxide dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 348:123812. [PMID: 38527584 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Hydrogen peroxide is a reactive oxygen species (ROS) naturally occurring at low levels in aquatic environments and production varies widely across different ecosystems. Oxygenic photosynthesis generates hydrogen peroxide as a byproduct, of which some portion can be released to ambient water. However, few studies have examined hydrogen peroxide dynamics in relation to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs). A year-long investigation of algal succession and hydrogen peroxide dynamics was conducted at the Caloosahatchee River, Florida, USA. We aimed to identify potential biological mechanisms responsible for elevated hydrogen peroxide production during cHAB events through the exploration of the freshwater microbial metatranscriptome. Hydrogen peroxide concentrations were elevated from February to September of 2021 when cyanobacteria were active and abundant. We observed one Microcystis cHAB event in spring and one in winter. Both had distinct nutrient uptake and cyanotoxin gene expression patterns. While meaningful levels of microcystin were only detected during periods of elevated hydrogen peroxide, cyanopeptolin was by far the most expressed cyanotoxin during the spring bloom when hydrogen peroxide was at its yearly maxima. Gene expressions of five microbial enzymes (Rubisco, superoxide dismutase, cytochrome b559, pyruvate oxidase, and NADH dehydrogenase) positively correlated to hydrogen peroxide concentrations. Additionally, there was higher nitrogen-fixing gene (nifDKH) expression by filamentous cyanobacteria after the spring bloom but no secondary bloom formation occurred. Overall, elevated environmental hydrogen peroxide concentrations were linked to cyanobacterial dominance and greater expression of specific enzymes in the photosynthesis of cyanobacteria. This implicates cyanobacterial photosynthesis and growth results in increased hydrogen peroxide generation as reflected in measured environmental concentrations.
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- Taylor L Hancock
- School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA; Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
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- School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA; Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
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Tsai KP, Kirschman ZA, Moldaenke C, Chaffin JD, McClure A, Seo Y, Bridgeman TB. Field and laboratory studies of fluorescence-based technologies for real-time tracking of cyanobacterial cell lysis and potential microcystins release. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 920:171121. [PMID: 38382604 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Elevated levels of dissolved microcystins (MCs) in source water due to rapid cell lysis of harmful cyanobacterial blooms may pose serious challenges for drinking water treatment. Catastrophic cell lysis can result from outbreaks of naturally-occurring cyanophages - as documented in Lake Erie during the Toledo water crisis of 2014 and in 2019, or through the application of algaecides or water treatment chemicals. Real-time detection of cyanobacterial cell lysis in source water would provide a valuable tool for drinking water plant and reservoir managers. In this study we explored two real-time fluorescence-based devices, PhycoSens and PhycoLA, that can detect unbound phycocyanin (uPC) as a potential indication of cell lysis and MCs release. The PhycoSens was deployed at the Low Service pump station of the City of Toledo Lake Erie drinking water treatment plant from July 15 to October 19, 2022 during the annual cyanobacteria bloom season. It measured major algal groups and uPC in incoming lake water at 15-min intervals during cyanobacteria dominant and senescence periods. Intermittent uPC detections from the PhycoSens over a three-month period coincided with periods of increasing proportions of extracellular MCs relative to total (intracellular and extracellular) MCs, indicating potential for uPC use as an indicator of cyanobacterial cell integrity. Following exposures of laboratory-cultured MCs-producing Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-298 (120 μg chlorophyll/L) to cyanophage Ma-LMM01, copper sulfate (0.5 and 1 mg Cu/L), sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate (PAK® 27, 6.7 and 10 mg H2O2/L), and potassium permanganate (2.5 and 4 mg/L), appearance of uPC coincided with elevated fractions of extracellular MCs. The PhycoLA was used to monitor batch samples collected daily from Lake Erie water exposed to algaecides in the laboratory. Concurrence of uPC signal and surge of dissolved MCs was observed following 24-h exposures to copper sulfate and PAK 27. Overall results indicate the appearance of uPC is a useful indicator of the onset of cyanobacterial cell lysis and the release of MCs when MCs are present.
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- Kuo-Pei Tsai
- Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, OH, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, OH, USA
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- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, OH, USA
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- Division of Water Treatment for the City of Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, OH, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toledo, OH, USA
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Baylous HR, Gladfelter MF, Gardner MI, Foley M, Wilson AE, Steffen MM. Indole-3-acetic acid promotes growth in bloom-forming Microcystis via an antioxidant response. HARMFUL ALGAE 2024; 133:102575. [PMID: 38485434 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton in the phycosphere facilitate and constrain biogeochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is a bacterially produced chemical signal that promotes growth of phytoplankton and plants. Here, we explored the impact of IAA on bloom-forming cyanobacteria and their associated bacteria. Exposure to IAA and its precursor, tryptophan, resulted in a strong growth response in a bloom of the freshwater cyanobacterium, Microcystis. Metatranscriptome analysis revealed the induction of an antioxidant response in Microcystis upon exposure to IAA, potentially allowing populations to increase photosynthetic rate and overcome internally generated reactive oxygen. Our data reveal that co-occurring bacteria within the phycosphere microbiome exhibit a division of labor for supportive functions, such as nutrient mineralization and transport, vitamin synthesis, and reactive oxygen neutralization. These complex dynamics within the Microcystis phycosphere microbiome are an example of interactions within a microenvironment that can have ecosystem-scale consequences.
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- Hunter R Baylous
- Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA
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- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA
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- Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA
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- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA.
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Kiledal EA, Reitz LA, Kuiper EQ, Evans J, Siddiqui R, Denef VJ, Dick GJ. Comparative genomic analysis of Microcystis strain diversity using conserved marker genes. HARMFUL ALGAE 2024; 132:102580. [PMID: 38331539 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Microcystis-dominated cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) have a global impact on freshwater environments, affecting both wildlife and human health. Microcystis diversity and function in field samples and laboratory cultures can be determined by sequencing whole genomes of cultured isolates or natural populations, but these methods remain computationally and financially expensive. Amplicon sequencing of marker genes is a lower cost and higher throughput alternative to characterize strain composition and diversity in mixed samples. However, the selection of appropriate marker gene region(s) and primers requires prior understanding of the relationship between single gene genotype, whole genome content, and phenotype. To identify phylogenetic markers of Microcystis strain diversity, we compared phylogenetic trees built from each of 2,351 individual core genes to an established phylogeny and assessed the ability of these core genes to predict whole genome content and bioactive compound genotypes. We identified single-copy core genes better able to resolve Microcystis phylogenies than previously identified marker genes. We developed primers suitable for current Illumina-based amplicon sequencing with near-complete coverage of available Microcystis genomes and demonstrate that they outperform existing options for assessing Microcystis strain composition. Results showed that genetic markers can be used to infer Microcystis gene content and phenotypes such as potential production of bioactive compounds , although marker performance varies by bioactive compound gene and sequence similarity. Finally, we demonstrate that these markers can be used to characterize the Microcystis strain composition of laboratory or field samples like those collected for surveillance and modeling of Microcystis-dominated cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms.
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- E Anders Kiledal
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue Ave, Rm. 2004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue Ave, Rm. 2004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue Ave, Rm. 2004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2220 Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Microbiome Core, University of Michigan, 1500 MSRB 1, 1150W Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5666, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2220 Biological Sciences Building, 1105 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue Ave, Rm. 2004, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA; Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, 4040 Dana Building, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041, USA
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Li W, Baliu-Rodriguez D, Premathilaka SH, Thenuwara SI, Kimbrel JA, Samo TJ, Ramon C, Kiledal EA, Rivera SR, Kharbush J, Isailovic D, Weber PK, Dick GJ, Mayali X. Microbiome processing of organic nitrogen input supports growth and cyanotoxin production of Microcystis aeruginosa cultures. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae082. [PMID: 38718148 PMCID: PMC11126159 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Nutrient-induced blooms of the globally abundant freshwater toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis cause worldwide public and ecosystem health concerns. The response of Microcystis growth and toxin production to new and recycled nitrogen (N) inputs and the impact of heterotrophic bacteria in the Microcystis phycosphere on these processes are not well understood. Here, using microbiome transplant experiments, cyanotoxin analysis, and nanometer-scale stable isotope probing to measure N incorporation and exchange at single cell resolution, we monitored the growth, cyanotoxin production, and microbiome community structure of several Microcystis strains grown on amino acids or proteins as the sole N source. We demonstrate that the type of organic N available shaped the microbial community associated with Microcystis, and external organic N input led to decreased bacterial colonization of Microcystis colonies. Our data also suggest that certain Microcystis strains could directly uptake amino acids, but with lower rates than heterotrophic bacteria. Toxin analysis showed that biomass-specific microcystin production was not impacted by N source (i.e. nitrate, amino acids, or protein) but rather by total N availability. Single-cell isotope incorporation revealed that some bacterial communities competed with Microcystis for organic N, but other communities promoted increased N uptake by Microcystis, likely through ammonification or organic N modification. Our laboratory culture data suggest that organic N input could support Microcystis blooms and toxin production in nature, and Microcystis-associated microbial communities likely play critical roles in this process by influencing cyanobacterial succession through either decreasing (via competition) or increasing (via biotransformation) N availability, especially under inorganic N scarcity.
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- Wei Li
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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Shi JH, Olson NE, Birbeck JA, Pan J, Peraino NJ, Holen AL, Ledsky IR, Jacquemin SJ, Marr LC, Schmale DG, Westrick JA, Ault AP. Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins: Microcystin Congeners Quantified in the Atmosphere. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:21801-21814. [PMID: 38078756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) have the potential to adversely affect public health through the production of toxins such as microcystins, which consist of numerous molecularly distinct congeners. Microcystins have been observed in the atmosphere after emission from freshwater lakes, but little is known about the health effects of inhaling microcystins and the factors contributing to microcystin aerosolization. This study quantified total microcystin concentrations in water and aerosol samples collected around Grand Lake St. Marys (GLSM), Ohio. Microcystin concentrations in water samples collected on the same day ranged from 13 to 23 μg/L, dominated by the d-Asp3-MC-RR congener. In particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM2.5), microcystin concentrations up to 156 pg/m3 were detected; the microcystins were composed primarily of d-Asp3-MC-RR, with additional congeners (d-Asp3-MC-HtyR and d-Asp3-MC-LR) observed in a sample collected prior to a storm event. The PM size fraction containing the highest aerosolized MC concentration ranged from 0.44 to 2.5 μm. Analysis of total bacteria by qPCR targeting 16S rDNA revealed concentrations up to 9.4 × 104 gc/m3 in aerosol samples (≤3 μm), while a marker specific to cyanobacteria was not detected in any aerosol samples. Concentrations of aerosolized microcystins varied even when concentrations in water were relatively constant, demonstrating the importance of meteorological conditions (wind speed and direction) and aerosol generation mechanism(s) (wave breaking, spillway, and aeration systems) when evaluating inhalation exposure to microcystins and subsequent impacts on human health.
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- Jia H Shi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, Ohio 45822, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Wei N, Chen A, Guo X, Zhang S, Song L, Gan N, Zheng L, Jia Y, Li J. Changes in nitrogen metabolism of phosphorus-starved bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa: Implications for nutrient management. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166832. [PMID: 37673240 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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The surplus of nitrogen plays a key role in the maintenance of cyanobacterial bloom when phosphorus has already been limited. However, the interplay between high nitrogen and low phosphorus conditions is not fully understood. Nitrogen metabolism is critical for the metabolism of cyanobacteria. Transcriptomic analysis in the present study suggested that nitrogen metabolism and ribosome biogenesis were the two most significantly changed pathways in long-term phosphorus-starved bloom-forming cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB-905. Notably, the primary glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase cycle, crucial for nitrogen metabolism, was significantly downregulated. Concurrently, nitrogen uptake showed a marked decrease due to reduced expression of nitrogen source transporters. The content of intracellular nitrogen reservoir phycocyanin also showed a drastic decrease upon phosphorus starvation. Our study demonstrated that long-term phosphorus-starved cells also suffered from nitrogen deficiency because of the reduction in nitrogen assimilation, which might be limited by the reduced ribosome biogenesis and the shortage of adenosine triphosphate. External nitrogen supply will not change the transcriptions of nitrogen metabolism-related genes significantly like that under phosphorus-rich conditions, but still help to maintain the survival of phosphorus-starved cells. The study deepens our understanding about the survival strategies of Microcystis cells under phosphorus starvation and the mutual dependence between nitrogen and phosphorus, which would provide valuable information for nutrient management in the eutrophicated water body.
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- Nian Wei
- Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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Lu Y, Tuo Y, Zhang L, Hu X, Huang B, Chen M, Li Z. Vertical distribution rules and factors influencing phytoplankton in front of a drinking water reservoir outlet. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 902:166512. [PMID: 37619726 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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The phenomenon of algal blooms caused by the excessive proliferation of phytoplankton in drinking water reservoirs is becoming increasingly frequent, seriously endangering water quality, ecosystems, water safety, and people's health. Thus, there is urgent need to conduct research on the distribution rules and factors influencing phytoplankton in drinking water reservoirs. Given that the outflows from reservoirs usually come from the middle and lower layers of the water column and the current studies on phytoplankton in drinking water reservoirs are usually carried out on the surface, an 8-month monitoring of vertical phytoplankton and the corresponding influencing factors in front of the outlet in a drinking water reservoir was conducted. Based on the monitoring results, the distribution rules of phytoplankton and the associated factors were analyzed. The results showed that phytoplankton biomass significantly decreased with increasing water depth, but the biomass near the outlet (40 m depth) still reached the WHO level 2 warning threshold for algal blooms multiple times. During the monitoring period, Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta dominated. The selected multisource environmental factors explained 60.5 % of the spatiotemporal changes in phytoplankton, with thermal intensity (water temperature and thermal stratification intensity) being the driving factor. Meanwhile, excessive TN and TP provided necessary conditions for the growth of phytoplankton. Based on influencing factors, reducing upstream nutrient inflows and thermal stratification intensity are recommended as measures to prevent and control algal blooms. This study provides insights into the vertical distribution rules and factors influencing phytoplankton in a drinking water reservoir, which can provide a reference for the management of drinking water reservoirs and the prevention and control of algal blooms.
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- Yongao Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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- Chongqing Liyutang Reservoir Development Corporation Limited, Chongqing 405400, China
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- School of Environmental Science&Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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- Chongqing Liyutang Reservoir Development Corporation Limited, Chongqing 405400, China
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Qiu Y, Liu H, Liu J, Li D, Liu C, Liu W, Wang J, Jiao Y. A Digital Twin Lake Framework for Monitoring and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms. Toxins (Basel) 2023; 15:665. [PMID: 37999528 PMCID: PMC10675087 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15110665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by lake eutrophication and climate change have become one of the most serious problems for the global water environment. Timely and comprehensive data on HABs are essential for their scientific management, a need unmet by traditional methods. This study constructed a novel digital twin lake framework (DTLF) aiming to integrate, represent and analyze multi-source monitoring data on HABs and water quality, so as to support the prevention and control of HABs. In this framework, different from traditional research, browser-based front ends were used to execute the video-based HAB monitoring process, and real-time monitoring in the real sense was realized. On this basis, multi-source monitored results of HABs and water quality were integrated and displayed in the constructed DTLF, and information on HABs and water quality can be grasped comprehensively, visualized realistically and analyzed precisely. Experimental results demonstrate the satisfying frequency of video-based HAB monitoring (once per second) and the valuable results of multi-source data integration and analysis for HAB management. This study demonstrated the high value of the constructed DTLF in accurate monitoring and scientific management of HABs in lakes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yinguo Qiu
- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; (J.L.); (J.W.); (Y.J.)
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- Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited, Changsha 410014, China; (H.L.); (D.L.); (C.L.); (W.L.)
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Hydropower Development Key Technology, Changsha 410014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; (J.L.); (J.W.); (Y.J.)
- School of Marine Technology and Geomatics, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited, Changsha 410014, China; (H.L.); (D.L.); (C.L.); (W.L.)
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Hydropower Development Key Technology, Changsha 410014, China
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- Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited, Changsha 410014, China; (H.L.); (D.L.); (C.L.); (W.L.)
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Hydropower Development Key Technology, Changsha 410014, China
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- Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited, Changsha 410014, China; (H.L.); (D.L.); (C.L.); (W.L.)
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Hydropower Development Key Technology, Changsha 410014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; (J.L.); (J.W.); (Y.J.)
- School of Surveying, Mapping and Geographical Sciences, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; (J.L.); (J.W.); (Y.J.)
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Zhou J, Qu M, Dunkinson C, Lefebvre DD, Wang Y, Brown RS. The Effect of Microcystis on the Monitoring of Faecal Indicator Bacteria. Toxins (Basel) 2023; 15:628. [PMID: 37999491 PMCID: PMC10675124 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15110628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
The survival of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria, the most common faecal indicator bacteria (FIB), may be significantly affected by cyanobacteria present during a harmful algal bloom (HAB). Therefore, the effect of Microcystis on the survival of FIB E.coli and coliforms was investigated. Microcosms containing two species of Microcystis (M. aeruginosa and M. smithii) were established and then inoculated with four reference strains of E. coli (ATCC 25922, 8739, 51813, and 11775) to explore the cyanobacteria-bacteria dynamics at a laboratory setting. Monitoring over several days showed normal growth of Microcystis, with or without the presence of E. coli. However, Microcystis was shown to dramatically decrease the survival of E. coli over time. Analysis of microcystin production by Microcystis was found to correlate with loss of E. coli, suggesting a toxic effect of microcystins on E. coli bacteria. This phenomenon was also demonstrated for a natural consortium of E. coli and coliform bacteria by inoculating with contaminated lake water. The results indicate that the use of E. coli as FIB may be greatly compromised in the presence of Microcystis spp. such as during a HAB when associated toxins are produced.
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- Jingjing Zhou
- School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (J.Z.); (C.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (M.Q.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (J.Z.); (C.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (M.Q.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (M.Q.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; (J.Z.); (C.D.)
- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Yancey CE, Kiledal EA, Chaganti SR, Denef VJ, Errera RM, Evans JT, Hart LN, Isailovic D, James WS, Kharbush JJ, Kimbrel JA, Li W, Mayali X, Nitschky H, Polik CA, Powers MA, Premathilaka SH, Rappuhn NA, Reitz LA, Rivera SR, Zwiers CC, Dick GJ. The Western Lake Erie culture collection: A promising resource for evaluating the physiological and genetic diversity of Microcystis and its associated microbiome. HARMFUL ALGAE 2023; 126:102440. [PMID: 37290887 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) dominated by Microcystis spp. have significant public health and economic implications in freshwater bodies around the world. These blooms are capable of producing a variety of cyanotoxins, including microcystins, that affect fishing and tourism industries, human and environmental health, and access to drinking water. In this study, we isolated and sequenced the genomes of 21 primarily unialgal Microcystis cultures collected from western Lake Erie between 2017 and 2019. While some cultures isolated in different years have a high degree of genetic similarity (genomic Average Nucleotide Identity >99%), genomic data show that these cultures also represent much of the breadth of known Microcystis diversity in natural populations. Only five isolates contained all the genes required for microcystin biosynthesis while two isolates contained a previously described partial mcy operon. Microcystin production within cultures was also assessed using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and supported genomic results with high concentrations (up to 900 μg L⁻¹) in cultures with complete mcy operons and no or low toxin detected otherwise. These xenic cultures also contained a substantial diversity of bacteria associated with Microcystis, which has become increasingly recognized as an essential component of cyanoHAB community dynamics. These results highlight the genomic diversity among Microcystis strains and associated bacteria in Lake Erie, and their potential impacts on bloom development, toxin production, and toxin degradation. This culture collection significantly increases the availability of environmentally relevant Microcystis strains from temperate North America.
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- Colleen E Yancey
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, 4840 S State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States of America
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), 4840 S State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States of America
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Program in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America; Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, 4840 S State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States of America.
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McKindles KM, Manes M, Neudeck M, McKay RM, Bullerjahn GS. Multi-year molecular quantification and 'omics analysis of Planktothrix-specific cyanophage sequences from Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1199641. [PMID: 37455749 PMCID: PMC10343443 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Planktothrix agardhii is a microcystin-producing cyanobacterium found in Sandusky Bay, a shallow and turbid embayment of Lake Erie. Previous work in other systems has indicated that cyanophages are an important natural control factor of harmful algal blooms. Currently, there are few cyanophages that are known to infect P. agardhii, with the best-known being PaV-LD, a tail-less cyanophage isolated from Lake Donghu, China. Presented here is a molecular characterization of Planktothrix specific cyanophages in Sandusky Bay. Methods and Results Putative Planktothrix-specific viral sequences from metagenomic data from the bay in 2013, 2018, and 2019 were identified by two approaches: homology to known phage PaV-LD, or through matching CRISPR spacer sequences with Planktothrix host genomes. Several contigs were identified as having viral signatures, either related to PaV-LD or potentially novel sequences. Transcriptomic data from 2015, 2018, and 2019 were also employed for the further identification of cyanophages, as well as gene expression of select viral sequences. Finally, viral quantification was tested using qPCR in 2015-2019 for PaV-LD like cyanophages to identify the relationship between presence and gene expression of these cyanophages. Notably, while PaV-LD like cyanophages were in high abundance over the course of multiple years (qPCR), transcriptomic analysis revealed only low levels of viral gene expression. Discussion This work aims to provide a broader understanding of Planktothrix cyanophage diversity with the goals of teasing apart the role of cyanophages in the control and regulation of harmful algal blooms and designing monitoring methodology for potential toxin-releasing lysis events.
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- Katelyn M. McKindles
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
- Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
- Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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- Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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Olson NE, Boaggio KL, Rice RB, Foley KM, LeDuc SD. Wildfires in the western United States are mobilizing PM 2.5-associated nutrients and may be contributing to downwind cyanobacteria blooms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2023; 25:1049-1066. [PMID: 37232758 PMCID: PMC10585592 DOI: 10.1039/d3em00042g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Wildfire activity is increasing in the continental U.S. and can be linked to climate change effects, including rising temperatures and more frequent drought conditions. Wildfire emissions and large fire frequency have increased in the western U.S., impacting human health and ecosystems. We linked 15 years (2006-2020) of particulate matter (PM2.5) chemical speciation data with smoke plume analysis to identify PM2.5-associated nutrients elevated in air samples on smoke-impacted days. Most macro- and micro-nutrients analyzed (phosphorus, calcium, potassium, sodium, silicon, aluminum, iron, manganese, and magnesium) were significantly elevated on smoke days across all years analyzed. The largest percent increase was observed for phosphorus. With the exception of ammonium, all other nutrients (nitrate, copper, and zinc), although not statistically significant, had higher median values across all years on smoke vs. non-smoke days. Not surprisingly, there was high variation between smoke impacted days, with some nutrients episodically elevated >10 000% during select fire events. Beyond nutrients, we also explored instances where algal blooms occurred in multiple lakes downwind from high-nutrient fires. In these cases, remotely sensed cyanobacteria indices in downwind lakes increased two to seven days following the occurrence of wildfire smoke above the lake. This suggests that elevated nutrients in wildfire smoke may contribute to downwind algal blooms. Since cyanobacteria blooms can be associated with the production of cyanotoxins and wildfire activity is increasing due to climate change, this finding has implications for drinking water reservoirs in the western United States, and for lake ecology, particularly alpine lakes with otherwise limited nutrient inputs.
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- Nicole E Olson
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Deng J, Shan K, Shi K, Qian SS, Zhang Y, Qin B, Zhu G. Nutrient reduction mitigated the expansion of cyanobacterial blooms caused by climate change in Lake Taihu according to Bayesian network models. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 236:119946. [PMID: 37084577 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Although nutrient reduction has been used for lake eutrophication mitigation worldwide, the use of this practice alone has been shown to be less effective in combatting cyanobacterial blooms, primarily because of climate change. In addition, quantifying the climate change contribution to cyanobacterial blooms is difficult, further complicating efforts to set nutrient reduction goals for mitigating blooms in freshwater lakes. This study employed a continuous variable Bayesian modeling framework to develop a model to predict spring cyanobacterial bloom areas and frequencies (the responses) using nutrient levels and climatic factors as predictors. Our results suggested that both spring climatic factors (e.g., increasing temperature and decreasing wind speed) and nutrients (e.g., total phosphorus) played vital roles in spring blooms in Lake Taihu, with climatic factors being the primary drivers for both bloom areas and frequencies. Climate change in spring had a 90% probability of increasing the bloom area from 35 km2 to 180 km2 during our study period, while nutrient reduction limited the bloom area to 170 km2, which helped mitigate expansion of cyanobacterial blooms. For lake management, to ensure a 90% probability of the mean spring bloom areas remaining under 154 km2 (the 75th percentile of the bloom areas in spring), the total phosphorus should be maintained below 0.073 mg·L-1 under current climatic conditions, which is a 46.3% reduction from the current level. Our modeling approach is an effective method for deriving dynamic nutrient thresholds for lake management under different climatic scenarios and management goals.
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- Jianming Deng
- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Big Data and Intelligent Computing, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio OH 43606, USA
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Yancey CE, Yu F, Tripathi A, Sherman DH, Dick GJ. Expression of Microcystis Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Natural Populations Suggests Temporally Dynamic Synthesis of Novel and Known Secondary Metabolites in Western Lake Erie. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0209222. [PMID: 37070981 PMCID: PMC10231183 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02092-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Microcystis spp. produce diverse secondary metabolites within freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) around the world. In addition to the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) encoding known compounds, Microcystis genomes harbor numerous BGCs of unknown function, indicating a poorly understood chemical repertoire. While recent studies show that Microcystis produces several metabolites in the lab and field, little work has focused on analyzing the abundance and expression of its broader suite of BGCs during cyanoHAB events. Here, we use metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to track the relative abundance of Microcystis BGCs and their transcripts throughout the 2014 western Lake Erie cyanoHAB. The results indicate the presence of several transcriptionally active BGCs that are predicted to synthesize both known and novel secondary metabolites. The abundance and expression of these BGCs shifted throughout the bloom, with transcript abundance levels correlating with temperature, nitrate, and phosphorus concentrations and the abundance of co-occurring predatory and competitive eukaryotic microorganisms, suggesting the importance of both abiotic and biotic controls in regulating expression. This work highlights the need for understanding the chemical ecology and potential risks to human and environmental health posed by secondary metabolites that are produced but often unmonitored. It also indicates the prospects for identifying pharmaceutical-like molecules from cyanoHAB-derived BGCs. IMPORTANCE Microcystis spp. dominate cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) worldwide and pose significant threats to water quality through the production of secondary metabolites, many of which are toxic. While the toxicity and biochemistry of microcystins and several other compounds have been studied, the broader suite of secondary metabolites produced by Microcystis remains poorly understood, leaving gaps in our understanding of their impacts on human and ecosystem health. We used community DNA and RNA sequences to track the diversity of genes encoding synthesis of secondary metabolites in natural Microcystis populations and assess patterns of transcription in western Lake Erie cyanoHABs. Our results reveal the presence of both known gene clusters that encode toxic secondary metabolites as well as novel ones that may encode cryptic compounds. This research highlights the need for targeted studies of the secondary metabolite diversity in western Lake Erie, a vital freshwater source to the United States and Canada.
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- Colleen E. Yancey
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Natural Products Discovery Core, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Chen J, Zhang T, Sun L, Liu Y, Li D, Leng X, An S. Abundance trade-offs and dominant taxa maintain the stability of the bacterioplankton community underlying Microcystis blooms. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1181341. [PMID: 37275174 PMCID: PMC10235547 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1181341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Microcystis blooms are an intractable global environmental problem that pollute water and compromise ecosystem functioning. Closed-lake management practices keep lakes free of sewage and harmful algae invasions and have succeeded in controlling local Microcystis blooms; however, there is little understanding of how the bacterioplankton communities associated with Microcystis have changed. Here, based on metagenomic sequencing, the phyla, genera, functional genes and metabolic functions of the bacterioplankton communities were compared between open lakes (underlying Microcystis blooms) and closed lakes (no Microcystis blooms). Water properties and zooplankton density were investigated and measured as factors influencing blooms. The results showed that (1) the water quality of closed lakes was improved, and the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were significantly reduced. (2) The stability of open vs. closed-managed lakes differed notably at the species and genus levels (p < 0.01), but no significant variations were identified at the phylum and functional genes levels (p > 0.05). (3) The relative abundance of Microcystis (Cyanobacteria) increased dramatically in the open lakes (proportions from 1.44 to 41.76%), whereas the relative abundance of several other dominant genera of Cyanobacteria experienced a trade-off and decreased with increasing Microcystis relative abundance. (4) The main functions of the bacterioplankton communities were primarily related to dominant genera of Proteobacteria and had no significant relationship with Microcystis. Overall, the closed-lake management practices significantly reduced nutrients and prevented Microcystis blooms, but the taxonomic and functional structures of bacterioplankton communities remained stable overall.
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- Jun Chen
- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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- School of Life Science and Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Nanjing University Ecology Research Institute of Changshu (NJUecoRICH), Changshu, China
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Zhang C, McIntosh KD, Sienkiewicz N, Stelzer EA, Graham JL, Lu J. Using cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton to assess trophic conditions: A qPCR-based, multi-year study in twelve large rivers across the United States. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 235:119679. [PMID: 37011576 PMCID: PMC10123349 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Phytoplankton is the essential primary producer in fresh surface water ecosystems. However, excessive phytoplankton growth due to eutrophication significantly threatens ecologic, economic, and public health. Therefore, phytoplankton identification and quantification are essential to understanding the productivity and health of freshwater ecosystems as well as the impacts of phytoplankton overgrowth (such as Cyanobacterial blooms) on public health. Microscopy is the gold standard for phytoplankton assessment but is time-consuming, has low throughput, and requires rich experience in phytoplankton morphology. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is accurate and straightforward with high throughput. In addition, qPCR does not require expertise in phytoplankton morphology. Therefore, qPCR can be a useful alternative for molecular identification and enumeration of phytoplankton. Nonetheless, a comprehensive study is missing which evaluates and compares the feasibility of using qPCR and microscopy to assess phytoplankton in fresh water. This study 1) compared the performance of qPCR and microscopy in identifying and quantifying phytoplankton and 2) evaluated qPCR as a molecular tool to assess phytoplankton and indicate eutrophication. We assessed phytoplankton using both qPCR and microscopy in twelve large freshwater rivers across the United States from early summer to late fall in 2017, 2018, and 2019. qPCR- and microscope-based phytoplankton abundance had a significant positive linear correlation (adjusted R2 = 0.836, p-value < 0.001). Phytoplankton abundance had limited temporal variation within each sampling season and over the three years studied. The sampling sites in the midcontinent rivers had higher phytoplankton abundance than those in the eastern and western rivers. For instance, the concentration (geometric mean) of Bacillariophyta, Cyanobacteria, Chlorophyta, and Dinoflagellates at the sampling sites in the midcontinent rivers was approximately three times that at the sampling sites in the western rivers and approximately 18 times that at the sampling sites in the eastern rivers. Welch's analysis of variance indicates that phytoplankton abundance at the sampling sites in the midcontinent rivers was significantly higher than that at the sampling sites in the eastern rivers (p-value = 0.013) but was comparable to that at the sampling sites in the western rivers (p-value = 0.095). The higher phytoplankton abundance at the sampling sites in the midcontinent rivers was presumably because these rivers were more eutrophic. Indeed, low phytoplankton abundance occurred in oligotrophic or low trophic sites, whereas eutrophic sites had greater phytoplankton abundance. This study demonstrates that qPCR-based phytoplankton abundance can be a useful numerical indicator of the trophic conditions and water quality in freshwater rivers.
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- Chiqian Zhang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Sciences and Engineering, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, United States
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education at the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, United States
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Columbus, OH 43229, United States
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, United States.
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Yancey CE, Mathiesen O, Dick GJ. Transcriptionally active nitrogen fixation and biosynthesis of diverse secondary metabolites by Dolichospermum and Aphanizomenon-like Cyanobacteria in western Lake Erie Microcystis blooms. HARMFUL ALGAE 2023; 124:102408. [PMID: 37164563 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) in the western basin of Lake Erie are dominated by microcystin producing Microcystis spp., but other cyanobacterial taxa that coexist in these communities may play important roles in production of toxins and shaping bloom dynamics and community function. In this study, we used metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data from the 2014 western Lake Erie cyanoHAB to explore the genetic diversity and biosynthetic potential of cyanobacteria belonging to the Anabaena, Dolichospermum, Aphanizomenon (ADA) clade. We reconstructed two near-complete metagenome-assembled genomes from two distinct ADA clade species, each containing biosynthetic gene clusters that encode novel and known secondary metabolites, including those with toxic and/or known taste and odor properties, that were transcriptionally active. However, neither ADA metagenome-assembled genome contained genes encoding guanitoxins, anatoxins, or saxitoxins, which are known to be produced by ADA. The ADA cyanobacteria accounted for most of the metagenomic and metatranscriptomic reads from nitrogen fixation genes, suggesting they were the dominant N-fixers at the times and stations sampled. Despite their relatively low abundance, our results highlight the possibility that ADA taxa could influence the water quality and ecology of Microcystis blooms, although the extent of these impacts remains to be quantified.
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- Colleen E Yancey
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA; Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, 4840 South State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 USA.
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Zhang Y, Whalen JK, Cai C, Shan K, Zhou H. Harmful cyanobacteria-diatom/dinoflagellate blooms and their cyanotoxins in freshwaters: A nonnegligible chronic health and ecological hazard. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 233:119807. [PMID: 36871382 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Human and ecological health depends on the vitality of freshwater systems, but these are increasingly threatened by cyanotoxins released from harmful algal blooms (HABs). Periodic cyanotoxin production, although undesirable, may be tolerable when there is enough time for cyanotoxins to degrade and dissipate in the environment, but the year-round presence of these toxins will be a chronic health for humans and ecosystems. The purpose of this critical review is to document the seasonal shifts of algal species and their ecophysiological acclimatation to dynamic environmental conditions. We discuss how these conditions will create successive occurrences of algal blooms and the release of cyanotoxins into freshwater. We first review the most common cyanotoxins, and evaluate the multiple ecological roles and physiological functions of these toxins for algae. Then, the annual recurring patterns HABs are considered in the context of global change, which demonstrates the capacity for algal blooms to shift from seasonal to year-round growth regimes that are driven by abiotic and biotic factors, leading to chronic loading of freshwaters with cyanotoxins. At last, we illustrate the impacts of HABs on the environment by compiling four health issues and four ecology issues emanating from their presence in the that covers atmosphere, aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial ecosystems. Our study highlights the annual patterns of algal blooms, and proposes that a "perfect storm" of events is lurking that will cause the 'seasonal toxicity' to become a full-blown, 'chronic toxicity' in the context of the deterioration of HABs, highlighting a non-negligible chronic health and ecological hazard.
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- Yanyan Zhang
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; Department of Natural Resource Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de Bellevue, QC H9×3V9, Canada; Key Laboratory of Investigation and Monitoring, Protection and Utilization for Cultivated Land Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, China.
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- Department of Natural Resource Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de Bellevue, QC H9×3V9, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Big Data and Intelligent Computing, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China, CAS Key Lab on Reservoir Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
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Baer MM, Godwin CM, Johengen TH. The effect of single versus dual nutrient decreases on phytoplankton growth rates, community composition, and Microcystin concentration in the western basin of Lake Erie. HARMFUL ALGAE 2023; 123:102382. [PMID: 36894205 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The primary management strategy for minimizing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie has been to reduce springtime loading of phosphorus (P) to the lake. However, some studies have shown that the growth rate and toxin content for the HABs-causing cyanobacterium Microcystis also respond to the availability of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (N). This evidence is based on both observational studies that correlate bloom development with changes in N forms and concentrations in the lake, and experiments in which P and/or N are added at concentrations in excess of those present in the lake. The goal of this study was to determine whether a combined decrease in N and P concentrations from ambient levels in Lake Erie could limit the development of HABs more than a reduction in P concentration only. To directly test the impact of P-only versus dual N and P concentration decreases on phytoplankton in the western basin of Lake Erie, we evaluated changes in growth rate, community composition, and microcystin (MC) concentration through eight bioassay experiments performed from June through October 2018, which encompassed the normal Lake Erie Microcystis-dominated HAB season. Our results showed that during the first five experiments covering June 25 to August 13, the P-only and the dual N and P decrease treatments had similar effects. However, when ambient N became scarce later in the season, the N and P decrease treatments resulted in negative growth rates for cyanobacteria, whereas -P only decreases did not. During low ambient N conditions, dual nutrient decreases lowered the prevalence of cyanobacteria among the total phytoplankton community and decreased microcystin concentrations. The results presented here complement previous experimental work on Lake Erie and suggest that dual nutrient control could be an effective management strategy to decrease microcystin production during the bloom and even possibly diminish or shorten the duration of the bloom based on creating nutrient limiting conditions sooner in the HAB growing season.
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- Mikayla M Baer
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan.
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan; Michigan Sea Grant, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Zepernick BN, Wilhelm SW, Bullerjahn GS, Paerl HW. Climate change and the aquatic continuum: A cyanobacterial comeback story. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 15:3-12. [PMID: 36096485 PMCID: PMC10103762 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Billions of years ago, the Earth's waters were dominated by cyanobacteria. These microbes amassed to such formidable numbers, they ushered in a new era-starting with the Great Oxidation Event-fuelled by oxygenic photosynthesis. Throughout the following eon, cyanobacteria ceded portions of their global aerobic power to new photoautotrophs with the rise of eukaryotes (i.e. algae and higher plants), which co-existed with cyanobacteria in aquatic ecosystems. Yet while cyanobacteria's ecological success story is one of the most notorious within our planet's biogeochemical history, scientists to this day still seek to unlock the secrets of their triumph. Now, the Anthropocene has ushered in a new era fuelled by excessive nutrient inputs and greenhouse gas emissions, which are again reshaping the Earth's biomes. In response, we are experiencing an increase in global cyanobacterial bloom distribution, duration, and frequency, leading to unbalanced, and in many instances degraded, ecosystems. A critical component of the cyanobacterial resurgence is the freshwater-marine continuum: which serves to transport blooms, and the toxins they produce, on the premise that "water flows downhill". Here, we identify drivers contributing to the cyanobacterial comeback and discuss future implications in the context of environmental and human health along the aquatic continuum. This Minireview addresses the overlooked problem of the freshwater to marine continuum and the effects of nutrients and toxic cyanobacterial blooms moving along these waters. Marine and freshwater research have historically been conducted in isolation and independently of one another. Yet, this approach fails to account for the interchangeable transit of nutrients and biology through and between these freshwater and marine systems, a phenomenon that is becoming a major problem around the globe. This Minireview highlights what we know and the challenges that lie ahead.
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- Brittany N. Zepernick
- Department of MicrobiologyThe University of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologyThe University of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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- NIEHS/NSF Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human HealthBowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenOhioUSA
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- Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillMorehead CityNorth CarolinaUSA
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Osorio-Reyes JG, Valenzuela-Amaro HM, Pizaña-Aranda JJP, Ramírez-Gamboa D, Meléndez-Sánchez ER, López-Arellanes ME, Castañeda-Antonio MD, Coronado-Apodaca KG, Gomes Araújo R, Sosa-Hernández JE, Melchor-Martínez EM, Iqbal HMN, Parra-Saldivar R, Martínez-Ruiz M. Microalgae-Based Biotechnology as Alternative Biofertilizers for Soil Enhancement and Carbon Footprint Reduction: Advantages and Implications. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:md21020093. [PMID: 36827134 PMCID: PMC9958754 DOI: 10.3390/md21020093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Due to the constant growth of the human population and anthropological activity, it has become necessary to use sustainable and affordable technologies that satisfy the current and future demand for agricultural products. Since the nutrients available to plants in the soil are limited and the need to increase the yields of the crops is desirable, the use of chemical (inorganic or NPK) fertilizers has been widespread over the last decades, causing a nutrient shortage due to their misuse and exploitation, and because of the uncontrolled use of these products, there has been a latent environmental and health problem globally. For this reason, green biotechnology based on the use of microalgae biomass is proposed as a sustainable alternative for development and use as soil improvers for crop cultivation and phytoremediation. This review explores the long-term risks of using chemical fertilizers for both human health (cancer and hypoxia) and the environment (eutrophication and erosion), as well as the potential of microalgae biomass to substitute current fertilizer using different treatments on the biomass and their application methods for the implementation on the soil; additionally, the biomass can be a source of carbon mitigation and wastewater treatment in agro-industrial processes.
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas del Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72490, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Correspondence: (R.P.-S.); (M.M.-R.)
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
- Correspondence: (R.P.-S.); (M.M.-R.)
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Struewing I, Sienkiewicz N, Zhang C, Dugan N, Lu J. Effective Early Treatment of Microcystis Exponential Growth and Microcystin Production with Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydroxyapatite. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 15:3. [PMID: 36668822 PMCID: PMC9864239 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mitigating cyanotoxin production is essential to protecting aquatic ecosystems and public health. However, current harmful cyanobacterial bloom (HCB) control strategies have significant shortcomings. Because predicting HCBs is difficult, current HCB control strategies are employed when heavy HCBs have already occurred. Our pilot study developed an effective HCB prediction approach that is employed before exponential cyanobacterial growth and massive cyanotoxin production can occur. We used a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay targeting the toxin-encoding gene mcyA to signal the timing of treatment. When control measures were applied at an early growth stage or one week before the exponential growth of Microcystis aeruginosa (predicted by qPCR signals), both hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the adsorbent hydroxyapatite (HAP) effectively stopped M. aeruginosa growth and microcystin (MC) production. Treatment with either H2O2 (10 mg·L-1) or HAP (40 µm particles at 2.5 g·L-1) significantly reduced both mcyA gene copies and MC levels compared with the control in a dose-dependent manner. While both treatments reduced MC levels similarly, HAP showed a greater ability to reduce mcyA gene abundance. Under laboratory culture conditions, H2O2 and HAP also prevented MC production when applied at the early stages of the bloom when mcyA gene abundance was below 105 copies·mL-1.
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- Ian Struewing
- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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Koeppel AF, Goodrum WJ, Steffen MM, Wurch LL, Turner SD. Environmental DNA sequencing dataset from Lake Erie algal blooms using Oxford Nanopore MinION. Data Brief 2022; 45:108688. [PMID: 36425971 PMCID: PMC9679703 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here we describe a publicly available environmental DNA (eDNA) sequence dataset, consisting of samples collected from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) on Lake Erie. We sequenced samples drawn from before, during, and after a 2019 Microcystis harmful algal bloom (HAB) using 3rd generation sequencing with the Oxford Nanopore MinION device. We classified the eDNA reads taxonomically, and estimated the abundances of all taxa in each sample. While the taxonomic data showed evidence of significant human and E. coli contamination, we found abundant Mycrocystis, especially in the samples drawn from bloom environments. The raw sequence data are available in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under accession number PRJNA812770. HABs pose a significant and increasing risk, both to human health and to the Blue Economy, and genomic approaches to early detection promise to help mitigate these risks. As such, this dataset could be of interest to freshwater ecology research teams, or any stakeholders interested in the detection and mitigation of HABs.
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Norris C, Nigrelli C, Newcomer-Johnson TA, White DP, Beaubien GB, Pelka A, Mills MA. Defining community revitalization in Great Lakes Areas of Concern and investigating how revitalization can be catalyzed through remediation and restoration. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 2022; 48:1432-1443. [PMID: 36643389 PMCID: PMC9835988 DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2022.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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An international effort to restore contaminated areas across the Great Lakes has been underway for over 50 years. Although experts have increasingly recognized the inherent connections between ecological conditions and community level benefits, Great Lakes community revitalization continues to be a broad and complex topic, lacking a comprehensive definition. The purpose of this study was to generate a testable "AOC-Revitalization Framework" for linking remediation and restoration success, represented by Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) removal in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC), to community revitalization. Using directed content analysis, we conducted a literature review and identified 433 potential revitalization metrics and indicators and grouped them into 15 broader community revitalization attributes to develop the following definition of Great Lakes community revitalization: "locally driven community resurgence resulting in resilient and equitable enhancements to social, economic, and environmental community structures." We surveyed experts within the Great Lakes AOC program on the likelihood remediation and restoration success, would positively impact revitalization attributes. Focus groups triangulated survey results. Results identified BUI removal was expected to positively affect revitalization, but the type of revitalization outcome was based on the BUI being removed. The AOC-Revitalization Framework is the first to empirically outline these possible linkages, providing a clear testable structure for future research; it can be used to better understand how environmental improvements are or are not leading to community revitalization and more accurately identify components of revitalization impacted, thus supporting more equitable representation, communication, and measurement of the relationship.
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- Carly Norris
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participant at the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL 60604, USA
- University of Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131, USA
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- Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL 60604, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL 60604, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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Mankiewicz-Boczek J, Morón-López J, Serwecińska L, Font-Nájera A, Gałęzowska G, Jurczak T, Kokociński M, Wolska L. Algicidal activity of Morganella morganii against axenic and environmental strains of Microcystis aeruginosa: Compound combination effects. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 309:136609. [PMID: 36195129 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) are a global problem with serious consequences for public health and many sectors of the economy. The use of algicidal bacteria as natural antagonists to control bloom-forming cyanobacteria is a topic of growing interest. However, there are still unresolved questions that need to be addressed to better understand their mode of action and to implement effective mitigation strategies. In this study, thirteen bacterial strains isolated from both scums and concentrated bloom samples exhibited algicidal activity on three Microcystis aeruginosa strains with different characteristics: the axenic microcystin (MC)-producing strain M. aeruginosa PCC7820 (MaPCC7820), and two environmental (non-axenic) M. aeruginosa strains isolated from two different water bodies in Poland, one MC-producer (MaSU) and another non-MC-producer (MaPN). The bacterial strain SU7S0818 exerted the highest average algicidal effect on the three cyanobacterial strains. This strain was identified as Morganella morganii (99.51% similarity) by the 16S rRNA gene analyses; hence, this is the first study that demonstrates the algicidal properties of these ubiquitous bacteria. Microscopic cell counting and qPCR analyses showed that M. morganii SU7S0818 removed 91%, 96%, and 98.5% of MaPCC7820, MaSU and MaPN cells after 6 days of co-culture, respectively. Interestingly, the ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer (UHPLC-MS/MS) analyses showed that this bacterium was involved on the release of several substances with algicidal potential. It was remarkable how the profile of some compounds evolved over time, as in the case of cadaverine, tyramine, cyclo[Pro-Gly] and cyclo[Pro-Val]. These dynamic changes could be attributed to the action of M. morganii SU7S0818 and the presence of associated bacteria with environmental cyanobacterial strains. Therefore, this study sheds light on how algicidal bacteria may adapt their action on cyanobacterial cells by releasing a combination of compounds, which is a crucial insight to exploit them as effective biological tools in the control of cyanoHABs.
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- J Mankiewicz-Boczek
- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Tylna, 90-364, Łódź, Poland.
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- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Tylna, 90-364, Łódź, Poland.
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- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Tylna, 90-364, Łódź, Poland.
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- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Tylna, 90-364, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204, Gdańsk, Poland.
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- UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology and Applied Ecology, University of Lodz, 12/16 Banacha, 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Hydrobiology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 6 Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Melnikova AA, Komova AV, Namsaraev ZB. Trends and Driving Forces of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Russia in the 20th and Early 21st Centuries. Microbiology (Reading) 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261722101027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Lemke AM, Kirkham KG, Wallace MP, VanZomeren CM, Berkowitz JF, Kovacic DA. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal using tile-treatment wetlands: A 12-year study from the midwestern United States. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2022; 51:797-810. [PMID: 34914110 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nutrient enrichment from tile-drained agricultural lands to the Mississippi River is a leading cause of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Small edge-of-field wetlands can effectively treat nitrate-nitrogen (NO3 -N) export from tiles, although less research exists on their capacity to treat phosphorus (P). Additionally, long-term data are needed to incorporate variability of weather and farming practices into assessments of wetland performance longevity. Research conducted over 12 yr quantified size-effectiveness of wetlands to reduce NO3 -N and dissolved P (orthophosphate [ORP]) loadings from subsurface tile systems. Nitrate-N export was significantly higher during corn (Zea mays L.) than soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production years, during which 80-84% of mean annual loadings were exported during spring. Wetlands representing 3% (W1) of tile-drained farmland area reduced 15-38% of NO3 -N export, with cumulative reductions of 39-49 and 49-57% observed in wetlands representing 6 (W2) and 9% (W3) areas, respectively. Mass NO3 -N removal ranged from 28 to 52%. Twelve-year total ORP load reductions for W1 ranged from 53 to 81%, with cumulative reductions of 35-91% and 32-95% for W2 and W3 wetlands, respectively. Mass ORP removal ranged from 71 to 85%. Results emphasize how incorporating constructed wetlands into state and watershed-level conservation planning can significantly contribute toward reducing excess N and P export to river systems and ultimately to the Gulf of Mexico.
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- A Maria Lemke
- The Nature Conservancy, 11304 N. Prairie Rd., Lewistown, IL, 61542, USA
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- The Nature Conservancy, 204 SW Jefferson Ave., Suite 301, Peoria, IL, 61602, USA
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- Dep. of Crop Sciences, MC-046, Univ. of Illinois, S320 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA
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- US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA
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- Dep. of Landscape Architecture and Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Univ. of Illinois, Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Shi L, Cai Y, Gao S, Zhang M, Chen F, Shi X, Yu Y, Lu Y, Wu QL. Gene expression pattern of microbes associated with large cyanobacterial colonies for a whole year in Lake Taihu. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 223:118958. [PMID: 35994786 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Large cyanobacterial colonies, which are unique niches for heterotrophic bacteria, are vital for blooming in eutrophic waters. However, the seasonal dynamics of molecular insights into microbes in these colonies remain unclear. Here, the community composition and metabolism pattern of microbes inhabiting large cyanobacterial colonies (> 120 µm, collected from Lake Taihu in China) were investigated monthly. The community structure of total microbes was mostly influenced by chlorophyll a (Chl a), total phosphorus (TP) concentration, dissolved oxygen, and temperature, whereas the colony-associated bacteria (excluding Cyanobacteria) were mostly influenced by total organic carbon, NO3-, and PO43- concentrations, indicating different response patterns of Cyanobacteria and the associated bacteria to water nutrient conditions. Metatranscriptomic data suggested that similar to that of Cyanobacteria, the gene expression patterns of the most active bacteria, such as Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, were not strictly dependent on season but separated by Chl a concentrations. Samples in July and September (high-bloom period) and February and March (non-bloom period) formed two distinct clusters, whereas those of other months (low-bloom period) clustered together. The accumulation of transcripts for pathways, such as phycobilisome from Cyanobacteria and bacterial chemotaxis and flagellum, phosphate metabolism, and sulfur oxidation from Proteobacteria, was enriched in high- and low-bloom periods than in non-bloom period. Network analyses revealed that Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria exhibited coordinated transcriptional patterns in almost all divided modules. Modules had Cyanobacteria-dominated hub gene were positively correlated with temperature, Chl a, total dissolved phosphorus, and NH4+ and NO2- concentrations, whereas modules had Proteobacteria-dominated hub gene were positively correlated with TP and PO43-. These results indicated labor division might exist in the colonies. This study provided metabolic insights into microbes in large cyanobacterial colonies and would support the understanding and management of the year-round cyanobacterial blooms.
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- Limei Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008, China
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- Biological Experiment Teaching Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Biological Experiment Teaching Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; Sino-Danish Center for Science and Education, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; The Fuxianhu Station of Plateau Deep Lake Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengjiang, Yunnan Province, China.
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Heterotrophic Bacteria Dominate Catalase Expression during Microcystis Blooms. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0254421. [PMID: 35862723 PMCID: PMC9328184 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02544-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In the oligotrophic oceans, key autotrophs depend on "helper" bacteria to reduce oxidative stress from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the extracellular environment. H2O2 is also a ubiquitous stressor in freshwaters, but the effects of H2O2 on autotrophs and their interactions with bacteria are less well understood in freshwaters. Naturally occurring H2O2 in freshwater systems is proposed to impact the proportion of microcystin-producing (toxic) and non-microcystin-producing (nontoxic) Microcystis in blooms, which influences toxin concentrations and human health impacts. However, how different strains of Microcystis respond to naturally occurring H2O2 concentrations and the microbes responsible for H2O2 decomposition in freshwater cyanobacterial blooms are unknown. To address these knowledge gaps, we used metagenomics and metatranscriptomics to track the presence and expression of genes for H2O2 decomposition by microbes during a cyanobacterial bloom in western Lake Erie in the summer of 2014. katG encodes the key enzyme for decomposing extracellular H2O2 but was absent in most Microcystis cells. katG transcript relative abundance was dominated by heterotrophic bacteria. In axenic Microcystis cultures, an H2O2 scavenger (pyruvate) significantly improved growth rates of one toxic strain while other toxic and nontoxic strains were unaffected. These results indicate that heterotrophic bacteria play a key role in H2O2 decomposition in Microcystis blooms and suggest that their activity may affect the fitness of some Microcystis strains and thus the strain composition of Microcystis blooms but not along a toxic versus nontoxic dichotomy. IMPORTANCE Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) threaten freshwater ecosystems globally through the production of toxins. Toxin production by cyanobacterial species and strains during CHABs varies widely over time and space, but the ecological drivers of the succession of toxin-producing species remain unclear. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is ubiquitous in natural waters, inhibits microbial growth, and may determine the relative proportions of Microcystis strains during blooms. However, the mechanisms and organismal interactions involved in H2O2 decomposition are unexplored in CHABs. This study shows that some strains of bloom-forming freshwater cyanobacteria benefit from detoxification of H2O2 by associated heterotrophic bacteria, which may impact bloom development.
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Uptake of Phytoplankton-Derived Carbon and Cobalamins by Novel Acidobacteria Genera in Microcystis Blooms Inferred from Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Evidence. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0180321. [PMID: 35862730 PMCID: PMC9317899 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01803-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton can influence primary production, community composition, and algal bloom development. However, these interactions are poorly described for many consortia, particularly for freshwater bloom-forming cyanobacteria. Here, we assessed the gene content and expression of two uncultivated Acidobacteria from Lake Erie Microcystis blooms. These organisms were targeted because they were previously identified as important catalase producers in Microcystis blooms, suggesting that they protect Microcystis from H2O2. Metatranscriptomics revealed that both Acidobacteria transcribed genes for uptake of organic compounds that are known cyanobacterial products and exudates, including lactate, glycolate, amino acids, peptides, and cobalamins. Expressed genes for amino acid metabolism and peptide transport and degradation suggest that use of amino acids and peptides by Acidobacteria may regenerate nitrogen for cyanobacteria and other organisms. The Acidobacteria genomes lacked genes for biosynthesis of cobalamins but expressed genes for its transport and remodeling. This indicates that the Acidobacteria obtained cobalamins externally, potentially from Microcystis, which has a complete gene repertoire for pseudocobalamin biosynthesis; expressed them in field samples; and produced pseudocobalamin in axenic culture. Both Acidobacteria were detected in Microcystis blooms worldwide. Together, the data support the hypotheses that uncultured and previously unidentified Acidobacteria taxa exchange metabolites with phytoplankton during harmful cyanobacterial blooms and influence nitrogen available to phytoplankton. Thus, novel Acidobacteria may play a role in cyanobacterial physiology and bloom development. IMPORTANCE Interactions between heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton influence competition and successions between phytoplankton taxa, thereby influencing ecosystem-wide processes such as carbon cycling and algal bloom development. The cyanobacterium Microcystis forms harmful blooms in freshwaters worldwide and grows in buoyant colonies that harbor other bacteria in their phycospheres. Bacteria in the phycosphere and in the surrounding community likely influence Microcystis physiology and ecology and thus the development of freshwater harmful cyanobacterial blooms. However, the impacts and mechanisms of interaction between bacteria and Microcystis are not fully understood. This study explores the mechanisms of interaction between Microcystis and uncultured members of its phycosphere in situ with population genome resolution to investigate the cooccurrence of Microcystis and freshwater Acidobacteria in blooms worldwide.
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Duan X, Zhang C, Struewing I, Li X, Allen J, Lu J. Cyanotoxin-encoding genes as powerful predictors of cyanotoxin production during harmful cyanobacterial blooms in an inland freshwater lake: Evaluating a novel early-warning system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 830:154568. [PMID: 35302035 PMCID: PMC9698223 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Freshwater harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCBs) potentially produce excessive cyanotoxins, mainly microcystins (MCs), significantly threatening aquatic ecosystems and public health. Accurately predicting HCBs is thus essential to developing effective HCB mitigation and prevention strategies. We previously developed a novel early-warning system that uses cyanotoxin-encoding genes to predict cyanotoxin production in Harsha Lake, Ohio, USA, in 2015. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of the early-warning system in forecasting the 2016 HCB in the same lake. We also examined potential HCB drivers and cyanobacterial community composition. Our results revealed that the cyanobacterial community was stable at the phylum level but changed dynamically at the genus level over time. Microcystis and Planktothrix were the major MC-producing genera that thrived in June and July and produced high concentrations of MCs (peak level 10.22 μg·L-1). The abundances of the MC-encoding gene cluster mcy and its transcript levels significantly correlated with total MC concentrations (before the MC concentrations peaked) and accurately predicted MC production as revealed by logistic equations. When the Microcystis-specific gene mcyG reached approximately 1.5 × 103 copies·mL-1 or when its transcript level reached approximately 2.4 copies·mL-1, total MC level exceeded 0.3 μg L-1 (a health advisory limit) approximately one week later (weekly sampling scheme). This study suggested that cyanotoxin-encoding genes are promising predictors of MC production in inland freshwater lakes, such as Harsha Lake. The evaluated early-warning system can be a useful tool to assist lake managers in predicting, mitigating, and/or preventing HCBs.
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- Xiaodi Duan
- Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA
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- Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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Chaffin JD, Westrick JA, Furr E, Birbeck JA, Reitz LA, Stanislawczyk K, Li W, Weber PK, Bridgeman TB, Davis TW, Mayali X. Quantification of microcystin production and biodegradation rates in the western basin of Lake Erie. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 2022; 67:1470-1483. [PMID: 36248197 PMCID: PMC9543754 DOI: 10.1002/lno.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cyanobacterial biomass forecasts currently cannot predict the concentrations of microcystin, one of the most ubiquitous cyanotoxins that threaten human and wildlife health globally. Mechanistic insights into how microcystin production and biodegradation by heterotrophic bacteria change spatially and throughout the bloom season can aid in toxin concentration forecasts. We quantified microcystin production and biodegradation during two growth seasons in two western Lake Erie sites with different physicochemical properties commonly plagued by summer Microcystis blooms. Microcystin production rates were greater with elevated nutrients than under ambient conditions and were highest nearshore during the initial phases of the bloom, and production rates were lower in later bloom phases. We examined biodegradation rates of the most common and toxic microcystin by adding extracellular stable isotope-labeled microcystin-LR (1 μg L-1), which remained stable in the abiotic treatment (without bacteria) with minimal adsorption onto sediment, but strongly decreased in all unaltered biotic treatments, suggesting biodegradation. Greatest biodegradation rates (highest of -8.76 d-1, equivalent to the removal of 99.98% in 18 h) were observed during peak bloom conditions, while lower rates were observed with lower cyanobacteria biomass. Cell-specific nitrogen incorporation from microcystin-LR by nanoscale imaging mass spectrometry showed that a small percentage of the heterotrophic bacterial community actively degraded microcystin-LR. Microcystin production and biodegradation rates, combined with the microcystin incorporation by single cells, suggest that microcystin predictive models could be improved by incorporating toxin production and biodegradation rates, which are influenced by cyanobacterial bloom stage (early vs. late bloom), nutrient availability, and bacterial community composition.
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- Justin D. Chaffin
- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea GrantThe Ohio State UniversityPut‐In‐BayOhioUSA
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- Lumigen Instrument CenterWayne State UniversityDetroitMichiganUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesBowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenOhioUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesBowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenOhioUSA
- Present address:
Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea GrantThe Ohio State UniversityPut‐In‐BayOhioUSA
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- Physical and Life Sciences DirectorateLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCaliforniaUSA
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- Physical and Life Sciences DirectorateLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesBowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenOhioUSA
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- Physical and Life Sciences DirectorateLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCaliforniaUSA
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Yancey CE, Smith DJ, Den Uyl PA, Mohamed OG, Yu F, Ruberg SA, Chaffin JD, Goodwin KD, Tripathi A, Sherman DH, Dick GJ. Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Insights into Population Diversity of Microcystis Blooms: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of mcy Genotypes, Including a Partial Operon That Can Be Abundant and Expressed. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0246421. [PMID: 35438519 PMCID: PMC9088275 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02464-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) degrade freshwater ecosystems globally. Microcystis aeruginosa often dominates cyanoHABs and produces microcystin (MC), a class of hepatotoxins that poses threats to human and animal health. Microcystin toxicity is influenced by distinct structural elements across a diversity of related molecules encoded by variant mcy operons. However, the composition and distribution of mcy operon variants in natural blooms remain poorly understood. Here, we characterized the variant composition of mcy genes in western Lake Erie Microcystis blooms from 2014 and 2018. Sampling was conducted across several spatial and temporal scales, including different bloom phases within 2014, extensive spatial coverage on the same day (2018), and frequent, autonomous sampling over a 2-week period (2018). Mapping of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequences to reference sequences revealed three Microcystis mcy genotypes: complete (all genes present [mcyA-J]), partial (truncated mcyA, complete mcyBC, and missing mcyD-J), and absent (no mcy genes). We also detected two different variants of mcyB that may influence the production of microcystin congeners. The relative abundance of these genotypes was correlated with pH and nitrate concentrations. Metatranscriptomic analysis revealed that partial operons were, at times, the most abundant genotype and expressed in situ, suggesting the potential biosynthesis of truncated products. Quantification of genetic divergence between genotypes suggests that the observed strains are the result of preexisting heterogeneity rather than de novo mutation during the sampling period. Overall, our results show that natural Microcystis populations contain several cooccurring mcy genotypes that dynamically shift in abundance spatiotemporally via strain succession and likely influence the observed diversity of the produced congeners. IMPORTANCE Cyanobacteria are responsible for producing microcystins (MCs), a class of potent and structurally diverse toxins, in freshwater systems around the world. While microcystins have been studied for over 50 years, the diversity of their chemical forms and how this variation is encoded at the genetic level remain poorly understood, especially within natural populations of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs). Here, we leverage community DNA and RNA sequences to track shifts in mcy genes responsible for producing microcystin, uncovering the relative abundance, expression, and variation of these genes. We studied this phenomenon in western Lake Erie, which suffers annually from cyanoHAB events, with impacts on drinking water, recreation, tourism, and commercial fishing.
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- Colleen E. Yancey
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Natural Products Discovery Core, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- F. T. Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Put-In-Bay, Ohio, USA
- Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, Put-In-Bay, Ohio, USA
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- Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), NOAA, Miami, Florida, USA
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Natural Products Discovery Core, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Life Science Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Pound HL, Martin RM, Zepernick BN, Christopher CJ, Howard SM, Castro HF, Campagna SR, Boyer GL, Bullerjahn GS, Chaffin JD, Wilhelm SW. Changes in Microbiome Activity and Sporadic Viral Infection Help Explain Observed Variability in Microcosm Studies. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:809989. [PMID: 35369463 PMCID: PMC8966487 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.809989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The environmental conditions experienced by microbial communities are rarely fully simulated in the laboratory. Researchers use experimental containers ("bottles"), where natural samples can be manipulated and evaluated. However, container-based methods are subject to "bottle effects": changes that occur when enclosing the plankton community that are often times unexplained by standard measures like pigment and nutrient concentrations. We noted variability in a short-term, nutrient amendment experiment during a 2019 Lake Erie, Microcystis spp. bloom. We observed changes in heterotrophic bacteria activity (transcription) on a time-frame consistent with a response to experimental changes in nutrient availability, demonstrating how the often overlooked microbiome of cyanobacterial blooms can be altered. Samples processed at the time of collection (T0) contained abundant transcripts from Bacteroidetes, which reduced in abundance during incubation in all bottles, including controls. Significant biological variability in the expression of Microcystis-infecting phage was observed between replicates, with phosphate-amended treatments showing a 10-fold variation. The expression patterns of Microcystis-infecting phage were significantly correlated with ∼35% of Microcystis-specific functional genes and ∼45% of the cellular-metabolites measured across the entire microbial community, suggesting phage activity not only influenced Microcystis dynamics, but the biochemistry of the microbiome. Our observations demonstrate how natural heterogeneity among replicates can be harnessed to provide further insight on virus and host ecology.
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- Helena L Pound
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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- Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, Put-In-Bay, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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Monitoring Phycocyanin with Landsat 8/Operational Land Imager Orange Contra-Band. ENVIRONMENTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/environments9030040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard the Landsat 8 satellite has a panchromatic band (503–676 nm) that has been used to compute a virtual spectral band known as “orange contra-band” (590–635 nm). The major application of the orange contra-band is the monitoring of cyanobacteria which is usually quantified by the measurement of the concentration of phycocyanin (PC) which has an absorption peak around 620 nm. In this study, we evaluated the use of the orange contra-band approach for estimating PC concentration from in situ proximal hyperspectral data from Eagle Creek Reservoir (ECR), in Indiana, USA. We first validated the empirical relationship for the computation of the orange contra-band by using the panchromatic, red, and green spectral bands from ECR. PC concentration retrieval using the orange contra-band were not successful when using the entire dataset (R2 < 0.1) or when using only PC concentrations higher than 50 mg/m3 (R2 < 0.24). Better results were achieved when using samples in which PC was 1.5 times higher than the chlorophyll-a concentration (R2 = 0.84). These results highlighted the need for the development of remote sensing algorithms for the accurate estimation of PC concentration from non-PC dominant waters which could be use to track and/or predict cyanobacteria blooms.
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Gobler CJ, Jankowiak JG. Dynamic Responses of Endosymbiotic Microbial Communities Within Microcystis Colonies in North American Lakes to Altered Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Temperature Levels. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:781500. [PMID: 35222297 PMCID: PMC8867038 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.781500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis, is a pervasive cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (CHAB) - forming genus that naturally occurs in colonies that harbor diverse microbiomes of heterotrophic bacteria. While the effects of nutrient loading and climatic warming on CHABs are well-known, little is known regarding how these environmental drivers alter the structural and functional potential of the microbial assemblages associated with blooms that, in turn, may impact cyanobacterial growth. Here, we used next-generation sequencing of 16S ribosomal rRNA genes to characterize the dynamics of the bacterial assemblages within Microcystis colonies in two temperate North American lakes: Lake Erie and Lake Agawam (NY, United States) and quantified their responses to experimentally increased levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and temperature. Across experiments, Microcystis populations were consistently and significantly promoted by N and, to a lesser extent, elevated temperature (p < 0.05). In contrast, bacterial assemblages within Microcystis colonies were more resilient to environmental perturbations, with the relative abundance of 7–16% of amplicon sequence variants changing and several individual taxa displaying significant (p < 0.05) increases and decreases in relative abundance, primarily in response to elevated temperature and to a lesser extent, N. In contrast to individual taxa, community diversity was not significantly altered by individual treatments during experiments but rather was inversely correlated with the intensity of Microcystis blooms (p < 0.001). While predicted metabolic function was even less impacted by environmental drivers than microbial diversity, the predicted abundance of nitrogenase (nifH), alkaline phosphatase (phoX), and urease (ure) genes significantly increased in response to N but decreased in response to increased temperature (p < 0.05). Collectively, the resilience of microbial community structure and function within colonies suggests they may support the ability of Microcystis to persist through short-term fluctuations in environmental conditions by supplying essential nutrients.
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Pound HL, Gann ER, Wilhelm SW. A comparative study of metatranscriptomic assessment methods to characterize Microcystis blooms. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, METHODS 2021; 19:846-854. [PMID: 35528780 PMCID: PMC9075346 DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Harmful algal blooms are increasing in duration and severity globally, resulting in increased research interest. The use of genetic sequencing technologies has provided a wealth of opportunity to advance knowledge, but also poses a risk to that knowledge if handled incorrectly. The vast numbers of sequence processing tools and protocols provide a method to test nearly every hypothesis, but each method has inherent strengths and weaknesses. Here, we tested six methods to classify and quantify metatranscriptomic activity from a harmful algal bloom dominated by Microcystis spp. Three online tools were evaluated (Kaiju, MG-RAST, and GhostKOALA) in addition to three local tools that included a command line BLASTx approach, recruitment of reads to individual Microcystis genomes, and recruitment to a combined Microcystis composite genome generated from sequenced isolates with complete, closed genomes. Based on the analysis of each tool presented in this study, two recommendations are made that are dependent on the hypothesis to be tested. For researchers only interested in the function and physiology of Microcystis spp., read recruitments to the composite genome, referred to as "Frankenstein's Microcystis", provided the highest total estimates of transcript expression. However, for researchers interested in the entire bloom microbiome, the online GhostKOALA annotation tool, followed by subsequent read recruitments, provided functional and taxonomic characterization, in addition to transcript expression estimates. This study highlights the critical need for careful evaluation of methods before data analysis.
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- Helena L. Pound
- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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Ladds M, Jankowiak J, Gobler CJ. Novel high throughput sequencing - fluorometric approach demonstrates Microcystis blooms across western Lake Erie are promoted by grazing resistance and nutrient enhanced growth. HARMFUL ALGAE 2021; 110:102126. [PMID: 34887006 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2021.102126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) are a global public health threat. While CHABs are often promoted by nutrients, an important and often overlooked influence on bloom dynamics is zooplankton grazing. In the present study, zooplankton grazing and nutrient enrichment experiments were combined with next generation sequencing and fluorometric analyses to quantify differential grazing and nutrient effects on specific cyanobacterial genera across the western basin of Lake Erie. Grazing by two different sized daphnids, Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex, was compared to protozooplankton grazing effects assessed via a dilution approach at sites within the Maumee and Sandusky Bays where Planktothrix, Microcystis, Synechococcus, and Dolichospermum were the dominant genera. Daphnid grazing significantly reduced Synechococcus net growth rates at most sites as well as Planktothrix net growth in Sandusky Bay and Dolichospermum in Maumee Bay. Dilution resulted in significant growth increase of Synechococcus at half of the sites and Planktothrix at most sites evidencing substantial grazing pressure by the protozooplankton community on these genera. In contrast, Microcystis populations were largely unaffected by daphnids and protozooplankton grazing but benefitted from nutrient enrichment more than other CHAB genera. When diatoms were present in moderate abundance, grazing rates by daphnids on diatoms were significantly greater than grazing rates on cyanobacteria. The novel approach used in this study established differences in grazing pressure and nutrient effects on differing taxa and revealed that, while many taxa were grazed by multiple classes of zooplankton (e.g. Planktothrix, Synechococcus, Dolichospermum, diatoms), the lack of grazing pressure on Microcystis coupled with nutrient-enhanced growth in western Lake Erie promotes the occurrence of CHABs of this genus.
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- Megan Ladds
- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY, USA.
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Xu S, Zhang L, Lin K, Bai M, Wang Y, Xu M, Zhang M, Zhang C, Shi Y, Zhou H. Effects of light and water disturbance on the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa and the release of algal toxins. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2021; 93:2958-2970. [PMID: 34551458 DOI: 10.1002/wer.1644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Eutrophication of water constitutes a serious threat to global water quality. Light intensity and water disturbance are important factors affecting the growth of algae and the release of algal toxins. In this study, algal growth indicators, algal enzyme systems, and algal toxin release in Microcystis aeruginosa under different light intensities and water disturbances were determined. The results showed that 2500 lx and 120 rpm were the optimal conditions for the growth of M. aeruginosa. The growth of algal cells was inhibited by high light intensity and high water disturbance. However, the optimal conditions for algal growth were not favorable conditions for the release of algal toxin. The highest concentration of microcystin-LR (MC-LR), observed at 4500 lx and 80 rpm, was 198.1 μg/L, whereas the highest single cell toxin production reached up to 10.49 × 10-9 μg/cell at 7000 lx and 120 rpm. Redundancy analysis results showed that the concentration of MC-LR was positively correlated with algal cell density and antioxidant enzyme activities (superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, and malondialdehyde [MDA]) and negatively correlated with the total nitrogen and total phosphorus consumption rates and MDA. Single cell toxin production was negatively correlated with algal cell density and antioxidant enzyme activity but positively correlated with MDA content. PRACTITIONER POINTS: There was an optimal water disturbance condition for algae growth affected by the light intensity. Optimal conditions for algae cell growth are not necessarily the optimal conditions for algal toxin release. Enzyme indicators have correlation with the release of algae toxins and the growth of algae cells.
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- Shaofeng Xu
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Food Chain Pollution Control, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Marketing and Sales Department, Beijing Yizhuang Water Company, Beijing, China
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A Fuzzy Logic Model for Early Warning of Algal Blooms in a Tidal-Influenced River. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13213118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Algal blooms are one of the most serious threats to water resources, and their early detection remains a challenge in eutrophication management worldwide. In recent years, with more widely available real-time auto-monitoring data and the advancement of computational capabilities, fuzzy logic has become a robust tool to establish early warning systems. In this study, a framework for an early warning system was constructed, aiming to accurately predict algae blooms in a river containing several water conservation areas and in which the operation of two tidal sluices has altered the tidal currents. Statistical analysis of sampled data was first conducted and suggested the utilization of dissolved oxygen, velocity, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, and water temperature as inputs into the fuzzy logic model. The fuzzy logic model, which was driven by biochemical data sampled by two auto-monitoring sites and numerically simulated velocity, successfully reproduced algae bloom events over the past several years (i.e., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2019). Considering the demands of management, several key parameters, such as onset threshold and prolongation time and subsequent threshold, were additionally applied in the warning system, which achieved a critical success index and positive hit rate values of 0.5 and 0.9, respectively. The differences in the early warning index between the two auto-monitoring sites were further illustrated in terms of tidal influence, sluice operation, and the influence of the contaminated water mass that returned from downstream during flood tides. It is highlighted that for typical tidal rivers in urban areas of South China with sufficient nutrient supply and warm temperature, dissolved oxygen and velocity are key factors for driving early warning systems. The study also suggests that some additional common pollutants should be sampled and utilized for further analysis of water mass extents and data quality control of auto-monitoring sampling.
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Ranjbar MH, Hamilton DP, Etemad-Shahidi A, Helfer F. Individual-based modelling of cyanobacteria blooms: Physical and physiological processes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 792:148418. [PMID: 34157534 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lakes and reservoirs throughout the world are increasingly adversely affected by cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs). The development and spatiotemporal distributions of blooms are governed by complex physical mixing and transport processes that interact with physiological processes affecting the growth and loss of bloom-forming species. Individual-based models (IBMs) can provide a valuable tool for exploring and integrating some of these processes. Here we contend that the advantages of IBMs have not been fully exploited. The main reasons for the lack of progress in mainstreaming IBMs in numerical modelling are their complexity and high computational demand. In this review, we identify gaps and challenges in the use of IBMs for modelling CyanoHABs and provide an overview of the processes that should be considered for simulating the spatial and temporal distributions of cyanobacteria. Notably, important processes affecting cyanobacteria distributions, in particular their vertical passive movement, have not been considered in many existing lake ecosystem models. We identify the following research gaps that should be addressed in future studies that use IBMs: 1) effects of vertical movement and physiological processes relevant to cyanobacteria growth and accumulations, 2) effects and feedbacks of CyanoHABs on their environment; 3) inter and intra-specific competition of cyanobacteria species for nutrients and light; 4) use of high resolved temporal-spatial data for calibration and verification targets for IBMs; and 5) climate change impacts on the frequency, intensity and duration of CyanoHABs. IBMs are well adapted to incorporate these processes and should be considered as the next generation of models for simulating CyanoHABs.
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, QLD 4111, Australia.
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia; School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, WA 6027, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia
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Feng J, Khakipoor B, May J, Mulford M, Davis J, Siman K, Russell G, Smith AW, King H. An open-source dual-beam spectrophotometer for citizen-science-based water quality monitoring. HARDWAREX 2021; 10:e00241. [PMID: 35607672 PMCID: PMC9123457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Efforts to understand and mediate threats to water supplies rely on collection of reliable data at large scale, a goal which is often limited by availability of tools that are both affordable and reliable. We present here a low-cost, easy-to-use, do-it-yourself (DIY) spectrometer for measurement of a variety of relevant solute concentrations when coupled with inexpensive commercially-available reagents. Comparison of its performance with commercial options demonstrates the potential value of this device as transparent, versatile, and accurate-enough alternative for widespread application.
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- Jiansheng Feng
- Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
- Department of Biology/Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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Hoke AK, Reynoso G, Smith MR, Gardner MI, Lockwood DJ, Gilbert NE, Wilhelm SW, Becker IR, Brennan GJ, Crider KE, Farnan SR, Mendoza V, Poole AC, Zimmerman ZP, Utz LK, Wurch LL, Steffen MM. Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257017. [PMID: 34550975 PMCID: PMC8457463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microbial interactions in harmful algal bloom (HAB) communities have been examined in marine systems, but are poorly studied in fresh waters. To investigate HAB-microbe interactions, we isolated bacteria with close associations to bloom-forming cyanobacteria, Microcystis spp., during a 2017 bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie. The genomes of five isolates (Exiguobacterium sp. JMULE1, Enterobacter sp. JMULE2, Deinococcus sp. JMULE3, Paenibacillus sp. JMULE4, and Acidovorax sp. JMULE5.) were sequenced on a PacBio Sequel system. These genomes ranged in size from 3.1 Mbp (Exiguobacterium sp. JMULE1) to 5.7 Mbp (Enterobacter sp. JMULE2). The genomes were analyzed for genes relating to critical metabolic functions, including nitrogen reduction and carbon utilization. All five of the sequenced genomes contained genes that could be used in potential signaling and nutrient exchange between the bacteria and cyanobacteria such as Microcystis. Gene expression signatures of algal-derived carbon utilization for two isolates were identified in Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie and Lake Tai (Taihu) at low levels, suggesting these organisms are active and may have a functional role during Microcystis blooms in aggregates, but were largely missing from whole water samples. These findings build on the growing evidence that the bacterial microbiome associated with bloom-forming algae have the functional potential to contribute to nutrient exchange within bloom communities and interact with important bloom formers like Microcystis.
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- Alexa K. Hoke
- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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McKindles KM, Manes MA, McKay RM, Davis TW, Bullerjahn GS. Environmental factors affecting chytrid (Chytridiomycota) infection rates on Planktothrix agardhii. JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH 2021; 43:658-672. [PMID: 34588922 PMCID: PMC8461644 DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbab058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Planktothrix agardhii dominates the cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom biomass in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie (USA) from May until September. This filamentous cyanobacterium known parasites including the chytrid fungal species Rhizophydium sp. C02, which was previously isolated from this region. The purpose of our work has been to establish how parasitic interactions affect Planktothrix population dynamics during a bloom event. Samples analyzed from the 2015 to 2019 bloom seasons using quantitative PCR investigate the spatial and temporal prevalence of chytrid infections. Abiotic factors examined in lab include manipulating temperature (17-31°C), conductivity (0.226-1.225 mS/cm) and turbulence. Planktothrix-specific chytrids are present throughout the bloom period and are occasionally at high enough densities to exert parasitic pressure on their hosts. Temperatures above 27.1°C in lab can inhibit chytrid infection, indicating the presence of a possible upper thermal refuge for the host. Data suggest that chytrids can survive conductivity spikes in lab at levels three-fold above Sandusky Bay waters if given sufficient time (7-12 days), whereas increased turbulence in lab severely inhibits chytrid infections, perhaps due to disruption of chemical signaling. Overall, these data provide insights into the environmental conditions that inhibit chytrid infections during Planktothrix-dominated blooms in temperate waters.
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- Katelyn M McKindles
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
- Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
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Wang S, Ding P, Lu S, Wu P, Wei X, Huang R, Kai T. Cell density-dependent regulation of microcystin synthetase genes (mcy) expression and microcystin-LR production in Microcystis aeruginosa that mimics quorum sensing. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 220:112330. [PMID: 34020285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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As the secondary metabolites of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (Cyano-HABs), microcystins (MCs) were generated under various environmental and cellular conditions. The understanding of the causes of MCs generation is of great interest in the field of water treatment and environmental science. In this work, we studied how Microcystis aeruginosa (FACHB-905) cell densities affect the MCs synthetase genes (mcy) expression, microcystin-LR (MC-LR) and quorum sensing molecules (Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)) production. An electrochemical sensor was developed here for sensitive and quantitative detection of MC-LR that cultured at different cell densities. The results showed that mcy expression and MC-LR concentration started to increase when the cell density reached ca. 22 × 106 cells/mL, and was significantly increased with increasing cell densities. Moreover, the up-regulation of AHLs with increasing cell densities revealed that MC-LR is quorum sensing-mediated. Our results undoubtedly confirmed that MC-LR was produced in a cell density-dependent way that mimics quorum sensing, and the minimum cell density (ca. 22 × 106 cells/mL) that was required to produce MC-LR was provided and offered a reference standard for the prevention and control of MCs pollution in the actual water environment.
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- Shanlin Wang
- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Xiang Ya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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Folcik AM, Klemashevich C, Pillai SD. Response of Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystin-LR to electron beam irradiation doses. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021; 186:109534. [PMID: 34040287 PMCID: PMC8143040 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (cyanoHABs) pose threats to human and animal health due to the production of harmful cyanotoxins. Microcystis aeruginosa is a common cyanobacterium associated with these blooms and is responsible for producing the potent cyclic hepatotoxin microcystin-LR (MC-LR). Concerns over the public health implications of these toxins in water supplies have increased due to rising occurrence of these blooms. High energy electron beam (eBeam) irradiation technology presents a promising strategy for the mitigation of both cyanobacterial cells and cyanotoxins within the water treatment process. However, it is imperative that both cellular and chemical responses to eBeam irradiation are understood to ensure efficient treatment. We sought to investigate the effect of eBeam irradiation on M. aeruginosa cells and MC-LR degradation. Results indicate that doses as low as 2 kGy are lethal to M. aeruginosa cells and induce cell lysis. Even lower doses are required for degradation of the parent MC-LR toxin. However, it was observed that there is a delay in cell lysis after irradiation where M. aeruginosa cells may still be metabolically active and able to synthesize microcystin. These results suggest that eBeam may be suitable for cyanoHAB mitigation in water treatment if employed following cell lysis.
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- Alexandra M. Folcik
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Toxicology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- National Center for Electron Beam Research, An IAEA Collaborating Centre for Electron Beam Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Integrated Metabolomic Analysis Core, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Toxicology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- National Center for Electron Beam Research, An IAEA Collaborating Centre for Electron Beam Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Chaffin JD, Bratton JF, Verhamme EM, Bair HB, Beecher AA, Binding CE, Birbeck JA, Bridgeman TB, Chang X, Crossman J, Currie WJS, Davis TW, Dick GJ, Drouillard KG, Errera RM, Frenken T, MacIsaac HJ, McClure A, McKay RM, Reitz LA, Domingo JWS, Stanislawczyk K, Stumpf RP, Swan ZD, Snyder BK, Westrick JA, Xue P, Yancey CE, Zastepa A, Zhou X. The Lake Erie HABs Grab: A binational collaboration to characterize the western basin cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms at an unprecedented high-resolution spatial scale. HARMFUL ALGAE 2021; 108:102080. [PMID: 34588116 PMCID: PMC8682807 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2021.102080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Monitoring of cyanobacterial bloom biomass in large lakes at high resolution is made possible by remote sensing. However, monitoring cyanobacterial toxins is only feasible with grab samples, which, with only sporadic sampling, results in uncertainties in the spatial distribution of toxins. To address this issue, we conducted two intensive "HABs Grabs" of microcystin (MC)-producing Microcystis blooms in the western basin of Lake Erie. These were one-day sampling events during August of 2018 and 2019 in which 100 and 172 grab samples were collected, respectively, within a six-hour window covering up to 2,270 km2 and analyzed using consistent methods to estimate the total mass of MC. The samples were analyzed for 57 parameters, including toxins, nutrients, chlorophyll, and genomics. There were an estimated 11,513 kg and 30,691 kg of MCs in the western basin during the 2018 and 2019 HABs Grabs, respectively. The bloom boundary poses substantial issues for spatial assessments because MC concentration varied by nearly two orders of magnitude over very short distances. The MC to chlorophyll ratio (MC:chl) varied by a factor up to 5.3 throughout the basin, which creates challenges for using MC:chl to predict MC concentrations. Many of the biomass metrics strongly correlated (r > 0.70) with each other except chlorophyll fluorescence and phycocyanin concentration. While MC and chlorophyll correlated well with total phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations, MC:chl correlated with dissolved inorganic nitrogen. More frequent MC data collection can overcome these issues, and models need to account for the MC:chl spatial heterogeneity when forecasting MCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Justin D Chaffin
- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, 878 Bayview Ave. P.O. Box 119, Put-In-Bay, OH 43456, USA.
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- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, 878 Bayview Ave. P.O. Box 119, Put-In-Bay, OH 43456, USA
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- Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH 43616, USA
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario L7S1A1, Canada
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- Lumigen Instrument Center, Wayne State University, 5101Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH 43616, USA
| | - Xuexiu Chang
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada; School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China
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- School of the Environment, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario L7S 1A1, Canada
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- Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Life Sciences Building, Bowling Green, OH 43402, United States
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Division of Water Treatment, City of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43605, USA
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Life Sciences Building, Bowling Green, OH 43402, United States
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- F.T. Stone Laboratory and Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University, 878 Bayview Ave. P.O. Box 119, Put-In-Bay, OH 43456, USA
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- National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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- Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH 43616, USA
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- Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, 6200 Bayshore Rd., Oregon, OH 43616, USA
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- Lumigen Instrument Center, Wayne State University, 5101Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario L7S1A1, Canada
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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Intercalibration of MERIS, MODIS, and OLCI Satellite Imagers for Construction of Past, Present, and Future Cyanobacterial Biomass Time Series. REMOTE SENSING 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/rs13122305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Satellite imagery has been used to monitor and assess Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), specifically, cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie (the USA and Canada) for over twelve years. In recent years, imagery has been applied to the other Great Lakes as well as other U.S. lakes. The key algorithm used in this monitoring system is the cyanobacterial index (CI), a measure of the chlorophyll found in cyanobacterial blooms. The CI is a “spectral shape” (or curvature) algorithm, which is a form of the second derivative around the 681 nm (MERIS/OLCI) or 678 nm (MODIS) band, which is robust and implicitly includes an atmospheric correction, allowing reliable use for many more scenes than analytical algorithms. Monitoring of cyanobacterial blooms with the CI began with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor (2002–2012). With the loss of data from MERIS in the spring of 2012, the monitoring system shifted to using NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). MODIS has bands that allow computation of a CI product, which was intercalibrated with MERIS at the time to establish a conversion of MODIS CI to MERIS CI. In 2016, ESA launched the Ocean and Land Color Imager (OLCI), the replacement for MERIS, on the Sentinel-3 spacecraft. MODIS can serve two purposes. It can provide a critical data set for the blooms of 2012–2015, and it offers a bridge from MERIS to OLCI. We propose a basin-wide integrated technique for intercalibrating the CI algorithm from MODIS to both MERIS and OLCI. This method allowed us to intercalibrate OLCI CI to MERIS CI, which would then allow the production of a 20-year and ongoing record of cyanobacterial bloom activity. This approach also allows updates as sensor calibrations change or new sensors are launched, and it could be readily applied to spectral shape algorithms.
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