A Review of the Effect of Trace Metals on Freshwater Cyanobacterial Growth and Toxin Production
Abstract
:1. Introduction to Cyanobacteria in Freshwater Systems
2. Nutrient Limitation
3. Sources of Nutrients
4. Colimitation and Optimal Nutrient Ratios
5. Importance of Trace Metals
6. Iron
7. Zinc
8. Copper
9. Molybdenum
10. Cobalt
11. Manganese
12. Cyanotoxin Production
13. Trace Metals and Cyanotoxins
14. Knowledge Gaps
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Location | Taxa | Co | Cu | Fe | Mn | Mo | Zn | Mix | Study |
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Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | T− | Alexova et al. [68] (2011) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | T+ | Amé and Wunderlin [132] (2005) | ||||||
Culture | Anabaena spp. | C | Attridge and Rowell [133] (1997) | ||||||
Canadian Shield lakes | Pico-cyanobacteria | C | Auclair [134] (1995) | ||||||
Torrão reservoir | Microcystis aeruginosa | N | N | N | N | N | N | Baptista et al. [7] (2014) | |
Culture | Anacystis sp. | Y | Cheniae and Martin [135] (1967) | ||||||
Lake Tanganyika, East Africa | Pico-cyanobacteria | Y, C | de Wever et al. [64] (2008) | ||||||
Lake Waihola, New Zealand | Anabaena flos-aquae | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Downs et al. [35] (2008) | ||
Lake Mahinerangi, New Zealand | N | N | N | N | N | ||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | Y | Fujii et al. [70] (2016) | ||||||
Culture | Nostoc sp. | C | Glass et al. [71] (2010) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | T± | T± | Gouvêa et al. [108] (2008) | |||||
Culture | Phormidium autumnale | Y, T± | Y, T± | Harland et al. [72] (2013) | |||||
Lake Erken, Sweden | Gloeotrichia echinulate | C | Hyenstrand et al. [136] (2001) | ||||||
Lake Erken, Sweden | Gloeotrichia echinulate | C | N | Karlsson-Elfgren et al. [137] (2005) | |||||
Culture | Microcystis novacekii | Y, T+ | Li et al. [78] (2009) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | N, T± | Y, T− | N, T± | Y, T± | Lukac and Aegerter [109] (1993) | |||
Lake 227, Experimental Lakes Area | Aphanizomenon schindlerii | Y | Molot et al. [81] (2010) | ||||||
Anabaena flos-aquae, Synechococcus | Y | ||||||||
Culture | Anacystis nidulans | Y | N | Peschek [138] (1979) | |||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | N | Y, T+ | Polyak et al. [86] (2013) | |||||
Culture | Synechocystis | Y | Salomon and Keren [105] (2011) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | T− | Sevilla et al. [82] (2008) | ||||||
Laurentian Great Lakes | Total cyanophyta | C | Sorichetti et al. [139] (2014) | ||||||
Culture | Anabaena oscillarioides | C | ter Steeg et al. [91] (1986) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | T+ | Utkilen and Gjolme [106] (1995) | ||||||
Clear Lake, California | Aphanizomenon flos-aquae | C | Wurtsbaugh and Horne [140] (1983) | ||||||
Culture | Microcystis aeruginosa | Y, T− | Yeung et al. [107] (2016) | ||||||
Lake Taihu, China | Total cyanophyta | N | Y, C | Y, C | N | N | Zhang et al. [37] (2019) | ||
Microcystis aeruginosa | N | Y, C | C | N | N |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleFacey, Jordan A., Simon C. Apte, and Simon M. Mitrovic. 2019. "A Review of the Effect of Trace Metals on Freshwater Cyanobacterial Growth and Toxin Production" Toxins 11, no. 11: 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11110643