Table 1
Bioactive chemicals from various cyanobacterial strains and their action on different aquatic organisms
Species
Chemicals
Actions
References
Peptides
1
Fischerella muscicola
Fischerellin
Inhibition of photosynthesis of other
cyanobacteria and chlorophytes
Gross et al. [84]
2
Microcystis aeruginosa
Kasumigamide
Suppression of the green alga
Chlamydomonas neglecta
Ishida and Murakami [85]
3
Microcystis aeruginosa
Microviridin J
Lethal molting disruption in Daphnia spp. Rohrlack et al. [54]
4
Lyngbya sp. strain 15-2
Pahayokolides A and B
Inhibition of Bacillus, yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, co-habited
green algae, cancer cell lines
Berry et al. [41], An et al.
[86]
5
Anabaena
Aphanizomenon
Cylindrospermopsis
raciborskii
Nostoc
Tolypothrix
Hassallidin
Activity against parasitic fungi, Candida
albicans
Vestola et al. [87]
6
Oscillatoria sp.
Portoamides A and B
Inhibition of green algae Chlorella
vulgaris, cyanobacteria
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii LEGE
99045, Chlorophyta Ankistrodesmus
falcatus
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CCAP 11/45
Leao et al. [36]
7
Microcystis aeruginosa
Aeruginazole
Mild antimicrobial activity
Adiv et al. [88]
8
Genus Microcystis
Piricyclamides
Not tested
Leikoski et al. [89]
9
Microcystis sp.
Microcin SF608
Inhibition of trypsin activity; stress
reaction in water moss; in Daphnia:
inhibition of detoxification enzymes
Wiegand et al. [55], Banker
and Carmeli [90]
10 Microcystis sp.
Micropeptins SF909, SF995
Inhibition of activity of chymotrypsin and
trypsin
Banker and Carmeli [90]
330
Y. Pei et al.