Environmental Studies of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Should Include Interactions with the Dynamic Microbiome

Environ Sci Technol. 2021 Oct 5;55(19):12776-12779. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04207. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Helena L Pound¹, Robbie M Martin¹, Cody S Sheik², Morgan M Steffen³, Silvia E Newell⁴, Gregory J Dick^{5

6}, R Michael L McKay^{6

7}, George S Bullerjahn⁶, Steven W Wilhelm^{1

6}

¹ Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845, United States.
² Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812-3000, United States.
³ Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807-0001, United States.
⁴ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States.
⁵ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
⁶ NIEHS/NSF Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States.
⁷ Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada.

Abstract

Keywords: algae blooms; aquatic systems; cyanobacteria.