Environmental factors affecting chytrid (Chytridiomycota) infection rates on .

dominates the cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom biomass in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie (USA) from May until September. This filamentous cyanobacterium known parasites including the chytrid fungal species sp. C02, which was previously isolated from this region.

Dissolved Microcystin Release Coincident with Lysis of a Bloom Dominated by spp. in Western Lake Erie Attributed to a Novel Cyanophage.

Western Lake Erie (Laurentian Great Lakes) is prone to annual cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) dominated by spp. that often yield microcystin toxin concentrations exceeding the federal EPA recreational contact advisory of 8 μg liter In August 2014, microcystin levels were detected in finished drinking water above the World Health Organization 1.0 μg liter threshold for consumption, leading to a 2-day disruption in the supply of drinking water for >400,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio (USA).