title: Health hazards for terrestrial vertebrates from toxic cyanobacteria in surface water ecosystems.
abstract: Toxigenic cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that are most often recognized in marine and freshwater systems, such as lakes, ponds, rivers, and estuaries. When environmental conditions (such as light, nutrients, water column stability, etc.) are suitable for their growth, cyanobacteria may proliferate and form toxic blooms in the upper, sunlit layers. The biology and ecology of cyanobacteria have been extensively studied throughout the world during the last two decades, but we still know little about the factors and processes involved in regulating toxin production for many cyanobacterial species. In this minireview, we discuss these microorganisms, and more especially the toxins they produce, as a potential and important health risk for wild and domestic animals.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR CARRTEL, Equipe Microbiologie Aquatique, BP 511, 74203 Thonon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Briand
authors.forename: Stéphan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Humbert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D000087522:Cyanobacteria Toxins; D017753:Ecosystem; D005068:Eutrophication; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity; D052998:Microcystins; D011634:Public Health; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D000087522:Cyanobacteria Toxins; D008387:Marine Toxins; D052998:Microcystins