Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins: New Advances and Future Challenges
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2018) | Viewed by 71115
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxicology; risk assessment; food safety; cyanotoxins; microcystins; cylindrospermopsin
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Interests: toxicology; risk assessment; food safety; cyanotoxins; microcystins; cylindrospermopsin
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleauges,
Cyanobacteria are a group of ubiquitous photosynthetic procariota. Their occurrence is increasing around the world, due to anthropogenic activities and climate changes. Several cyanobacterial species are able to synthesize a high number of bioactive molecules, among them, cyanotoxins (microcystins, cylindrospermopsin, nodularin, etc.), which are considered a health concern. For risk asessment of cyanotoxins, more scientific knowledge is required to perform an adequate hazard characterization, exposure evaluation and, finally, risk characterization of these toxins. This Special Issue, “Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins: New Advances and Future Changelles”, is addressed to gather new research or review articles related to different aspects of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins, such as new advances and tools for sampling and monitoring of blooms, analytical determination of cyanotoxins in different matrices, such as water, food, soil and biological samples, water treatment methods, remediation approaches, toxicological evaluation including in vitro and in vivo studies of toxic mechanisms at molecular level, search of biomarkers, etc. Special interest is focused on research on multitoxins as most of the data refer to individual cyanotoxins, although co-ocurrence of different toxins or variants has been demonstrated. Similarly, the possibility of interactions with other contaminants will be taken into account, as recommended by international organisms. Moreover, studies of other new bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria are welcome.
Prof. Ana M. CameánProf. Angeles Jos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins
- occurrence
- risk assessment
- toxicity
- analytical determination
- bioactive molecules
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