A Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-Based Immune Assay for the Detection of Microcystin-LR in Drinking Water.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacteria bloom is the term used to describe an abnormal and rapid growth of cyanobacteria in aquatic ecosystems such as lakes, rivers, and oceans as a consequence of anthropic factors, ecosystem degradation, or climate change. Cyanobacteria belonging to the genera Microcystis, Anabaena, Planktothrix, and Nostoc produce and release toxins called microcystins (MCs) into the water. MCs can have severe effects on human and animal health following their ingestion and inhalation. The MC structure is composed of a constant region (composed of five amino acid residues) and a variable region (composed of two amino acid residues). When the MC variable region is composed of arginine and leucine, it is named MC-LR. The most-common methods used to detect the pres

SUBMITTER: Capo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487384 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature