Hideaki Uchida

TL;DR: Since no noxious products were formed in the present study, a water treatment including UV irradiation is very possible for removing microcystins from raw water.

TL;DR: Results suggested that chlorination at an adequate chlorine dose is very effective for the removal of microcystin in raw water, and preoxidation of the cell itself with chlorine must be avoided, because it frequently causes toxin release from algae and produce trihalomethanes during water treatment.

TL;DR: Among 83 actinomycete strains isolated from lake sediments, one strain, identified as Streptomyces phaeofaciens, grew well on lawns of living cyanobacteria and rapidly lysed the cyanobacterial cells, found to be one cause of lysis.

TL;DR: The investigated level of microcystins in drinking water collected from 1992 to 1994 in Haimen City, China, where people who drink pond ditch water usually incurred a high incidence rate of hepatocellular carcinoma compared with those who drink well water, supported the epidemiological results reported by Yu.

TL;DR: It was found that Oscillatoria agardhii strain 27 produced compounds toxic against mosquito larvae (Aedes albopictus), therefore, these compounds were extracted and separated for insecticide development.