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- Title
Biological control of cyanobacteria; principles and possibilities
- Authors
Butler, R. D.; Bellinger, E. G.; Andrews, M. J.; Glenn, R.; Sigee, D. C.; Hendry, R. D.; Epton, H. A. S.
- Abstract
A range of naturally occurring organisms are available for the biological control of cyanobacteria: including viruses, bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes and protozoa. Development of these organisms as biological control agents involves isolation from environmental samples, characterisation of anti-cyanobacterial activity, microcosm and large-scale field experiments and final development of a biological control lake management strategy. Two groups of antagonist are considered in detail - actinomycetes (e.g. Streptomyces exfoliatus, mode of action byproduction of a lytic agent) and protozoa (Nuclearia delicatula and Nassula tumida, mode of action by predation). The effectiveness of biological control agents in the lake environment depends on a range ofbiological and physico-chemical factors. Various strategies can be implemented to optimise their activity.
- Subjects
PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems; CYANOBACTERIA; LAKE ecology; MICROBIOLOGY
- Publication
Hydrobiologia, 1999, Vol 395/396, p161
- ISSN
0018-8158
- Publication type
Article