New paper featuring Lindsay’s work showing Anabaena can be sources of deadly amounts of microcystin. This is a surprising finding because previously Microcystis was thought to be the major microcystin producer. In addition, Lindsay found a large insert in one of the microcystin synthesis genes. Considering that the toxin is produced non-ribosomally, questions remain….

Dreher et al. 2019. Anabaena/Dolichospermum as the source of lethal microcystin levels responsible for a large cattle toxicosis event. Toxicon X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2018.100003