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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.871177
Keywords
algicidal; phytoplankton; bacteria-algae interactions; biological control; biofuels; harmful algal blooms
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Prevention, Control and Mitigation of HABs (PCMHAB) program [NA10NOS4780136, NA15NOS4780176, NA20NOS4780185]
- Delaware Sea Grant [HCE-25]
- Delaware Biotechnical Institute, Delaware Bioscience CAT-EPoC program [RD13]
- Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative [RTMTDI-UD-Coyne Yr2, RTMTDI-UD-Coyne Yr 3]
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This review article discusses the complex and dynamic interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton in aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on algicidal interactions. Bacteria can control algal growth through physical association or the production of algicidal compounds. The article highlights the specificity of bacterial control, mechanisms for activity, and chemical and biochemical analysis of these interactions. It also reviews the development of environmentally friendly or sustainable methods using algicidal bacteria or compounds derived from bacteria to control harmful algal blooms. The article concludes with potential avenues for future research and the further development and application of bacterial algicides.
Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton in aqueous ecosystems are both complex and dynamic, with associations that range from mutualism to parasitism. This review focuses on algicidal interactions, in which bacteria are capable of controlling algal growth through physical association or the production of algicidal compounds. While there is some evidence for bacterial control of algal growth in the field, our understanding of these interactions is largely based on laboratory culture experiments. Here, the range of these algicidal interactions is discussed, including specificity of bacterial control, mechanisms for activity, and insights into the chemical and biochemical analysis of these interactions. The development of algicidal bacteria or compounds derived from bacteria for control of harmful algal blooms is reviewed with a focus on environmentally friendly or sustainable methods of application. Potential avenues for future research and further development and application of bacterial algicides for the control of algal blooms are presented.
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