The immunostaining of cytoskeletal elements by using epifluorescence and confocal microscopy has confirmed that the lysis induced by n-hCCP expands from single temperate virus infected cells or cell groups, the focal points, to their immediate environment. Our in vitro experiments demonstrate that lysogen focal point formation, which follows induction by endogenous cyanobacterial cyclic cyanopeptides, could constitute, also in the natural environment, the basis for an rapid and extensive cyanobacterial bloom collapse. This is the most dangerous moment for human and environmental health.
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We have contributed a chapter to the book Ecotoxicology Research Developments, where we have described the known biological activities of hepatotoxic and non-hepatotoxic cyclic cyanopeptides mainly from an ecotoxicological point of view.
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