Advances in the Study of Harmful Microalgae and Biotoxins: In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 425
Special Issue Editors
Interests: harmful algal blooms; aquatic toxicology; biotoxins; detection methods; seafood safety; climate change
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: harmful algal blooms; marine toxins
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: harmful algal blooms; in vivo models; early warning systems; allelopathy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global aquaculture industries and water management regulators have been significantly affected by harmful algal blooms (HABs) and biotoxins that ultimately tend to impact seafood safety and water quality. Climate change is favouring some blooming algal species, which are affecting new geographical areas and causing emerging challenges to regulators, industries, and public health. The scientific community needs to work in conjunction with government authorities to gain a wider understanding of harmful microalgae and create or improve monitoring programs for a common end: support industries while ensuring public health, aquatic animal welfare, and seafood security. A robust approach to characterising harmful species and biotoxins involves elucidating their toxic mechanism, for which in vitro and in vivo models are routinely employed to assess endpoints. These can include viability, threshold and lethality concentrations, as well as detection or quantification levels in accordance with recommended algal cell concentrations or established toxin limits. These approaches contribute to assessing the extent of real-world HAB events and their associated impacts.
This Special Issue welcomes research outcomes and reviews that advance the study of harmful microalgae and biotoxins through the development and use of in vivo and in vitro models, including biosensors and rapid tests. The development and advances of new models as alternatives to whole-animal experimentation are particularly encouraged.
Disclaimer about the use of AI
All submitted manuscripts will be subjected to an initial screening using detection systems for AI-generated content. Manuscripts that are flagged as using artificial intelligence (AI) for the idea generation, writing and/or production of the entire manuscript will not be considered.
Dr. Juan José Dorantes-Aranda
Dr. Pedro Reis Costa
Dr. Christine Johanna Band-Schmidt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- harmful microalgae
- biotoxins
- seafood safety
- in vitro models
- in vivo models
- toxicity
- biotechnological advances
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