Tag page

Blue-Green Algae

Projects

Health
Microbial safety
Rapid detection of faecal pollution in bathing water

During nice weather, people increasingly take to the water for bathing and leisure, sometimes in large numbers. Cities, municipalities, water authorities and Rijkswaterstaat do their best to make…

Read more about Rapid detection of faecal pollution in bathing water
Enabling technologies
Hydrogenomics
Protecting bathing water by detecting blue-green algae using DNA techniques

Every summer in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, bathing is forbidden or advised against in outdoor bathing locations because of the excessive growth of cyanobacteria. The reason…

Read more about Protecting bathing water by detecting blue-green algae using DNA techniques

News

Blog

Airborne dispersal of Cyanobacteria

01 February 2018 — Scientists from Michigan State University have investigated whether harmful algae and associated compounds can be present in aerosols.…

Read more about Airborne dispersal of Cyanobacteria