New Reports of Toxigenic Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Understudied Regions

Dear Colleagues,

Cyanobacteria are well known for inhabiting and thriving in a wide variety of environments; however, the studies on these organisms and their metabolites are still very scarce in some countries and regions including islands, high mountains, deserts, and oceans. Cyanobacteria survive in several environments, from light scarcity, extreme temperatures (thermal to polar cold), hypersalinity, and water scarcity (arid). They also inhabit some rare environments, such as brackish waters, the deep sea, and terrestrial environments (e.g., rocks, caves, trees, algae, and lichens). These are still significantly understudied habitats in terms of cyanobacteria biodiversity and toxicology. Toxic metabolites are important due to their impacts on public and environmental health and their biotechnological potential. Nonetheless, most reports concern freshwaters and Europe, North America, and China. A clearer picture about cyanobacteria diversity could be provided from research carried out in understudied regions.

In this Special Issue, we want to showcase cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, and other cyanobacteria secondary metabolites aside from common marine and freshwater environments, to unveil the cyanobacteria diversity within understudied regions. We invite researchers to submit articles, communications, and review papers on these topics. Papers dealing with identification, taxonomy, chemistry, and molecular biology of cyanobacteria from rare environments and understudied regions are welcome.

Thank you for your consideration.

Dr. Rita Cordeiro
Prof. Dr. Vitor Vasconcelos
Dr. Alexandre M. Campos
Guest Editors

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• cyanometabolites
• cyanotoxins
• thermal
• benthic
• islands
• deserts