Selected Papers from the 7th Iberian Congress on Cyanotoxins / 3rd Ibero-American Congress on Cyanotoxin
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 3651
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Interests: limnology; phycology; water quality; biodiversity & conservation; phytoplankton; diatoms; paleolimnology
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2. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Universidade dos Açores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Interests: molecular biology; genetics; biodiversity; cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; microalgae; phylogeny; blue biotechnology; culture collections
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although cyanobacteria are recognized for their role in forming the aerobic atmosphere that enabled the evolution of superior life forms, they are probably more commonly known for their occurrence in algae blooms associated with the eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems. In the last decades, the synergy between eutrophication and climate change is leading to the rapid increase in cyanobacteria dominance and the frequency of cyanobacterial harmful blooms (cHABs). During their long evolutionary history, cyanobacteria were able to adapt to different habitats and environmental conditions by developing a great morphological and physiological diversity, including the capacity to synthesize a very high number of compounds, both beneficial and harmful.
Cyanotoxins are one of the major health risks associated with water resources. They have toxic effects on humans and animals exposed through drinking water, aquaculture, recreation, and other contamination routes. Most cyanobacteria toxic events are related to microcystins, anatoxins, saxitoxins, and cylindrospermopsin produced by large planktonic species. Still, the production of toxins by planktonic picocyanobacterial and benthic species and the discovery of new toxins highlight the need for more research on this topic.
This Special Issue will gather selected papers presented in the 7th Iberian Congress of Cyanotoxins / 3rd Ibero-American Congress of Cyanotoxins (https://7cic.com/en/home/) with novel research on cyanotoxins, including their monitoring, mitigation and removal, detection methodologies, and biotechnological applications, among other related topics.
Dr. Vitor Gonçalves
Dr. Amélia Fonseca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cyanobacteria
- cyanotoxins
- new toxins and detection methods
- toxicology of cyanobacteria metabolites
- monitoring, mitigation, and removal of cyanotoxins
- cHABs under a changing climate
- biotechnological applications
- culture collections
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