Microcystine-Producing Cyanobacteria in Water Reservoirs of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
O. I. BELYKH, A. S. GLADKIKH, E. G. SOROKOVIKOVA, I. V. TIKHONOVA, S. A. POTAPOV and G. A. FEDOROVA
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Ulan-Batorskaya 3, Irkutsk 6640333 (Russia)
Keywords: toxic cyanobacteria, Microcystis, Anabaena, Lake Baikal, Lake Kotokelskoye, the Basltic Sea, Beresh water reservoir, the Svisloch River, the Dnepr River, Kanev water, microcystin, reservoir, microcystine, genetic markers
Pages: 347–361
Abstract
A review of hepatotoxic microcystins produced by cyanobacteria of different genera is presented. The chemical structure and properties of microcystins, the mechanism of their action and toxicokinetics are considered. Methods of microcystin analysis and the genetic basis of their production are described. The results of the studies of cyanobacteria and their toxins (microcystins) in different water reservoirs of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are presented.
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