caa a22 4500 44589458X CHVBK 20180317145627.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-010-0594-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-010-0594-z Does the potentially toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis exist in the soda lakes of East Africa? [Elektronische Daten] [Kiplagat Kotut, Lothar Krienitz] Presently, the food chains of the famous saline alkaline flamingo-lakes of East Africa are the focus of intense scientific discussion as the lakes host toxic cyanobacteria, which when consumed by Lesser Flamingos, weaken the birds and therefore make them susceptible to attacks by infective diseases. The distribution, genetic and toxicological aspects of Microcystis in Kenya has been studied extensively. Although there are reports on the occurrence of Microcystis in Kenya's hypersaline alkaline lakes, they have not been confirmed. Our investigations carried out over a 10-year period in about 50 inland waters showed that Microcystis occurs exclusively in freshwaters, but never in the hypersaline alkaline lakes. Microscopic examinations of the phytoplankton of these lakes revealed the presence of Anabaenopsis abijatae (Nostococales) whose lumpy structure makes it roughly similar to Microcystis when viewed under an inverted microscope. We conclude that the possible occurrence of Microcystis in hypersaline alkaline lakes is doubtful and, as such, confirmatory studies including microphotographic documentation of findings should be carried out. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Anabaenopsis nationallicence East Africa nationallicence Lesser Flamingo nationallicence Microcystis nationallicence Soda lakes nationallicence Toxic cyanobacteria nationallicence Kotut Kiplagat Plant and Microbial Sciences Department, Kenyatta University Nairobi, P.O. Box 43844, GPO 00100, Nairobi, Kenya aut Krienitz Lothar Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 16775, Stechlin, Germany aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 664/1(2011-04-01), 219-225 0018-8158 664:1<219 2011 664 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0594-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0594-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kotut Kiplagat Plant and Microbial Sciences Department, Kenyatta University Nairobi, P.O. Box 43844, GPO 00100, Nairobi, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krienitz Lothar Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 16775, Stechlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 664/1(2011-04-01), 219-225 0018-8158 664:1<219 2011 664 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer