First report of microcystin production in Microcystis smithii Komrek and Anagnostidis(Cyanobacteria) from a water bloom in Eastern China

A water bloom sample collected from Lake Dishui in Shanghai was characterized.The morphological identification showed that Micorcystis wesenbergii and Micorcystis smithii were the main component of the bloom.Five strains of M.smithii were successfully isolated.Their 16S rRNA gene sequences based phylogenetic tree showed that the five strains of M.smithii intermixed with strains of other morphospecies in Microcystis.A fragment of mcy gene encoding for microcystin synthetase was detected in one of the five M....     

环境DNA宏条形码技术在蓝藻群落监测中的应用

全球气候变化下的蓝藻水华大规模暴发成为重要的环境问题,对蓝藻准确、高效和实时的监测是蓝藻水华防控的关键.近年来,环境DNA（environmental DNA,eDNA）宏条形码技术开始应用于蓝藻群落监测,弥补了显微镜镜检法物种鉴定难和受主观经验影响大的缺点.eDNA宏条形码为快速和大规模蓝藻群落监测提供了可能,其应用尚处于初步探索阶段,数据处理方法尚不成熟,因此有必要从引物选择、序列聚类、注释方法和绝对定量4个层面系统综述eDNA宏条形码技术在蓝藻群落监测中的研究进展,以推进eDNA宏条形码在蓝藻群落监测中的应用.引物选择应针对目标蓝藻类群,16S rRNA基因数据库涵盖蓝藻物种范围广,是最常用的eDNA宏条形码,但16S-23S rRNA基因间隔区域（internal transcribed spacer,ITS）和功能基因在属内物种间具有较好的区分效果,为eDNA宏条形码在蓝藻物种水平注释提供可能.序列聚类一般通过设定物种间分类阈值进行OTUs聚类,但可能丢失序列相似度高于分类阈值的不同物种;序列差异低至单核苷酸变异方法的应用进一步区分了隐蔽的物种和生态型,产生的序列具有生物学意义,可以实现跨数据集间的比较分析.在注释方法上,基于数据库参考序列距离相似度的注释方法,注释结果的分辨率和准确度不高;基于系统进化位置的注释方法,提升了注释结果的准确度,反映了物种间的进化关系.加入外源DNA的内标法,以及基于细胞体积和基因拷贝数目关系的细胞体积校正系数法为eDNA宏条形码物种丰度的绝对定量提供了可能.      

A review of recent developments in lake modelling

This paper reviews the lake models published the last five years, mainly in Ecological Modelling. The review shows that structurally dynamic modelling and coupling between hydrodynamic and ecological models are applied increasingly. A number of processes that have not been included in lake models before have been proposed. It has been shown that these additional processes in specific case studies are significant, for instance the competition between phytoplankton and macrophytes or cyanobacteria growth and growth of mussels. It is recommended to study these models for the development of models for case studies where these processes are relevant.     

Rise of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in temperate freshwater lakes: causes,correlations and possible countermeasures

The progressive degradation of surface freshwater quality due to the mass proliferation of toxic cyanobacterial blooms is of growing global concern. The occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms is not a new phenomenon. However, a global increase in the frequency, duration, and distribution of toxic cyanobacterial blooms could be observed in the past decades. Evidence suggests that this trend might be attributed to a complex interplay of direct and indirect anthropogenic influences. The underlying causes and interrelations for this development have not been fully clarified. Nonetheless, all evidence points to the fact that mitigation of toxic cyanobacterial blooms will be a key challenge of the twenty-first century. This review addresses the underlying causes for the increased incidence of toxic cyanobacteria in temperate freshwater lakes and attempts to reveal possible reciprocities between bloom promoting factors. Selected approaches for the prevention of toxic cyanobacterial blooms as well as the mitigation of their potential negative impacts on humans will be presented.