Handbook of Cyanobacterial C

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-119-06868-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1270 g

A valuable handbook containing reviews, practical methods and standard operating procedures.
- A valuable and practical working handbook containing introductory and specialist content that tackles a major and growing field of environmental, microbiological and ecotoxicological monitoring and analysis
- Includes introductory reviews, practical analytical chapters and a comprehensive listing of almost thirty Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- For use in the laboratory, in academic and government institutions and industrial settings

Those readers will appreciate the research that validates and updates cyanotoxin monitoring and analysis plus adding to approaches for setting standard methods that can be applied worldwide. Wayne Carmichael, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2018).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meriluoto, Jussi

Spoof, Lisa

Codd, Geoffrey A

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bakteriologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors xvii

Preface xxvi

Acknowledgements xxviii

Section I Introduction 1

1 Introduction: Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, Their Human Impact, and Risk Management 3
Geoffrey A. Codd, Jussi Meriluoto, and James S. Metcalf

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Cyanotoxins 4

1.3 Exposure Routes, Exposure Media, and At-Risk Human Activities 6

1.4 Cyanobacterial Blooms and Cyanotoxins in Relation to Human Pressures on Water Resources and Climate Change 7

1.5 Aims of the Handbook 7

References 8

Section II Cyanobacteria 9

2 Ecology of Cyanobacteria 11
Jean-François Humbert and Jutta Fastner

2.1 Introduction 11

2.2 Environmental Conditions Leading to Cyanobacterial Blooms 12

2.3 Population Dynamics of Cyanobacteria 13

2.4 Spatial Distribution of Cyanobacteria in Freshwater Ecosystems 15

2.5 Ecology of the Production of Toxins by Cyanobacteria 16

2.6 General Conclusions 17

References 17

3 Picocyanobacteria: The Smallest Cell-Size Cyanobacteria 19
Iwona Jasser and Cristiana Callieri

3.1 Introduction 19

3.2 Records of Toxic Picocyanobacteria 21

3.3 Summary 25

References 26

4 Expansion of Alien and Invasive Cyanobacteria 28
Mikolaj Kokocinski, Reyhan Akçaalan, Nico Salmaso, Maya Petrova Stoyneva-Gärtner, and Assaf Sukenik

4.1 Introduction 28

4.2 Definition of Invasive/Alien Species: Nomenclature Problems 29

4.2.1 Invasive Species Concept in Cyanobacteria 29

4.3 Occurrence of Invasive and Alien Cyanobacteria 31

4.4 Factors Enhancing the Expansion of Alien Cyanobacteria 33

4.5 Impact of Cyanobacterial Invasion on Ecosystem 34

References 36

Section III Sampling, Monitoring and Risk Management 41

5 Health and Safety During Sampling and in the Laboratory 43
Roberta Congestri, James S. Metcalf, Luca Lucentin

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Jussi Meriluoto, Department of Biosciences / Biochemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Jussi Meriluoto, PhD, MTheol, is a biochemist of Finnish origin. He has been working in the field of toxic cyanobacteria since the 1980s. The main line of his research deals with instrumental analyses of cyanotoxins and biomarkers in various matrices. He has applied this expertise in the context of  environmental and bioaccumulation studies, ecotoxicology, toxinology, drinking water treatment and toxin degradation. He also has an interest in terrestrial cyanobacteria and probiotic bacteria. He is leading Working Group 1 Occurrence of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in CYANOCOST, the COST Action responsible for the development of the Handbook. An important incentive in his work is the principle of inclusiveness and the desire to exchange technical and managemental know-how with new actors entering the cyanotoxin field.

Dr Lisa Spoof, Department of Biosciences / Biochemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Lisa Spoof, PhD, is a Finnish biochemist. She is a specialist on chromatographic and mass spectrometric analyses of cyanotoxins. She has carried out research on analysis, isolation and characterization of bioactive peptides (microcystins, nodularins, anabaenopeptins) in freshwater and brackish-water cyanobacteria since the 1990s. Her personal experience in laboratory work also includes research on cylindrospermopsin and cyanobacterial neurotoxins, and this strong hands-on experience has been useful for the editorial work concerning the practical chapters in this Handbook.

Professor Geoffrey A. Codd, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, UK, and, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK
Geoffrey Codd, PhD, FRSE,  is a microbiologist and has carried out research on the biochemistry and ecotoxicology of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins. His research has included the molecular and organismal modes of action of microcystins, development of physico-chemical and antibody-based methods for cyanotoxin analysis and the investigation of waterborne, cyanotoxin-associated human and animal health incidents. Professor Codd is a past President of the British Phycological Society and the Federation of European Phycological Societies and has served on working parties and committees for the assessment and risk management of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins at national (UK, Australia, USA) and international level (EU, WHO, UNESCO).