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The Discovery of Potentially Toxigenic Gloeotrichia CF. natans (Cyanobacteria) in the Continuous Permafrost Zone of Buotama River, Lena Pillars Nature Park in Yakutia, Was Made through the Observation of Epilithic Macrocolonies
Gabyshev, V.; Davydov, D.; Vilnet, A.; Sidelev, S.; Chernova, E.; Barinova, S.; Gabysheva, O.; Zhakovskaya, Z. Gloeotrichia cf. natans (Cyanobacteria) in the Continuous Permafrost Zone of Buotama River, Lena Pillars Nature Park, in Yakutia (Russia). Water2023, 15, 2370.
Gabyshev, V.; Davydov, D.; Vilnet, A.; Sidelev, S.; Chernova, E.; Barinova, S.; Gabysheva, O.; Zhakovskaya, Z. Gloeotrichia cf. natans (Cyanobacteria) in the Continuous Permafrost Zone of Buotama River, Lena Pillars Nature Park, in Yakutia (Russia). Water 2023, 15, 2370.
Gabyshev, V.; Davydov, D.; Vilnet, A.; Sidelev, S.; Chernova, E.; Barinova, S.; Gabysheva, O.; Zhakovskaya, Z. Gloeotrichia cf. natans (Cyanobacteria) in the Continuous Permafrost Zone of Buotama River, Lena Pillars Nature Park, in Yakutia (Russia). Water2023, 15, 2370.
Gabyshev, V.; Davydov, D.; Vilnet, A.; Sidelev, S.; Chernova, E.; Barinova, S.; Gabysheva, O.; Zhakovskaya, Z. Gloeotrichia cf. natans (Cyanobacteria) in the Continuous Permafrost Zone of Buotama River, Lena Pillars Nature Park, in Yakutia (Russia). Water 2023, 15, 2370.
Abstract
As global climate change continues and the vegetation period lengthens, the importance of research into cyanobacterial recruitment biomass and associated toxin risks is growing. While most studies focus on planktonic cyanobacteria causing blooms, benthic cyanobacteria have been less explored. This study reports for the first time on the mass proliferation of benthic epilithic macrocolonies of potentially toxic cyanobacteria, Gloeotrichia cf. natans, in water bodies located in a region with continuous permafrost in Yakutia, North-East Russia. The study characterizes the environmental conditions of its habitat, including the chemical composition of the water, which expands our understanding of this species' ecology. Cyanotoxins (microcystins, cylindrospermopsin, saxitoxins, and anatoxin-a) were not detected in the biomass of Gloeotrichia cf. natans using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and PCR methods.
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