Yongding Liu

TL;DR: The results suggested that the toxicity of microcystin-LR caused the increase of ROS contents and the depletion of GSH in hepatocyte exposed to the toxin and these changes led to oxidant shock in hepatocytes.

TL;DR: A mouse bioassay did not show lethal toxicity when tested at doses up to 1500 mg dry weight cells·kg−1 body weight within 96 h, demonstrating that production of primarily deoxy‐CYN does not lead to significant mouse toxicity by strain HB1, and suggests that Raphidiopsis belongs to the Nostocaceae, but this requires confirmation by molecular systematic studies.

TL;DR: In this article, four filamentous cyanobacteria, Microcoleus vaginatus, Phormidium tenue, Scytonema javanicum (Kutz.) and Nostoc sp., and a single-celled green alga, Desmococcus olivaceus, all isolated from Shapotou (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China), were batch cultured and inoculated onto unconsolidated sand in greenhouse and field experiments.

TL;DR: It is suggested that cyanobacterial inoculation would be a suitable and effective technique to recover biological soil crusts, and may further restore the ecological system.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the presence of microbial secreted exopolysaccharides (EPSs) on the hydraulic conductivity, water capture and moisture retaining capabilities of induced Biological Soil Crusts (IBSCs) was investigated.