ArticleToxins2018
Cyanotoxins and Cyanobacteria Cell Accumulations in Drinking Water Treatment Plants with a Low Risk of Bloom Formation at the Source.
Article in Toxins, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Understanding the Risks of Diffusion of Cyanobacteria Toxins in Rivers, Lakes, and Potable Water.Toxins · 2023Review
- Monitoring of cyanobacterial breakthrough and accumulation by in situ phycocyanin probe system within full-scale treatment plants.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023Article
- Cyanobacterial Algal Bloom Monitoring: Molecular Methods and Technologies for Freshwater Ecosystems.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Evaluating Ultrasonicator Performance for Cyanobacteria Management at Freshwater Sources.Toxins · 2023Article
- β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) Modulates the Sympathetic Regulation and Homeostasis of Polyamines.Toxins · 2023Article
- Impact of Stagnation on the Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Drinking Water Treatment Plant Sludge.Toxins · 2022Article
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- Using Artificial Intelligent to Model Predict the Biological Resilience With an Emphasis on Population of cyanobacteria in Jajrood River in The Eastern Tehran, Iran.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2022Article
- Exposure to microcystin-LR in tropical reservoirs for water supply poses high risks for children and adults.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2022Article
- A review of microscopic cell imaging and neural network recognition for synergistic cyanobacteria identification and enumeration.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2022Review
- Assessing cyanobacterial frequency and abundance at surface waters near drinking water intakes across the United States.Water research · 2021Article
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- Physical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary.Limnology and oceanography · 2020Article
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- Cyanotoxin release from the benthic, mat-forming cyanobacterium Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei in the St. Lawrence River, Canada.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
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- The Cyanotoxin and Non-protein Amino Acid β-Methylamino-L-Alanine (L-BMAA) in the Food Chain: Incorporation into Proteins and Its Impact on Human Health.Neurotoxicity research · 2019Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Toxic cyanobacteria have been shown to accumulate in drinking water treatment plants that are susceptible to algal blooms. However, the risk for plants that do not experience algal blooms, but that receive a low influx of cells, is not well known. This study determined the extent of cell accumulation and presence of cyanotoxins across the treatment trains of four plants in the Great Lakes region. Samples were collected for microscopic enumeration and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) measurements for microcystins, anatoxin-a, saxitoxin, cylindrospermopsin, and β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). Low cell influxes (under 1000 cells/mL) resulted in significant cell accumulations (over 1 × 10⁵ cells/mL) in clarifier sludge and filter backwash samples. Microcystins peaked at 7.2 µg/L in one clarifier sludge sample, exceeding the raw water concentration by a factor of 12. Anatoxin-a was detected in the finished drinking water of one plant at 0.6 µg/L. BMAA may have been detected in three finished water samples, though inconsistencies among the BMAA ELISAs call these results into question. In summary, the results show that plants receiving a low influx of cells can be at risk of toxic cyanobacterial accumulation, and therefore, the absence of a bloom at the source does not indicate the absence of risk.
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