When populations of tiny aquatic organisms called cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae) explode, their toxic ...

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on Lake Erie and beyond.

The resulting article, "Carotenoids from cyanobacteria modulate iNOS and inhibit the production of inflammatory mediators: Promising agents for the treatment of inflammatory conditions," has been ...

When cyanobacteria proliferate out of control, they can form clouds of green algae called cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, or cyanoHABs. Some types of cyanobacteria produce toxins, and so ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Jul., 2009), pp. 1403-1411 (9 pages) This study investigated the bulk nitrogen isotopic composition and fractionation of marine and freshwater cyanobacteria ...