Miroslav Gantar
- Senior Instructor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Publications
selected publications
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2020Omega-7 producing alkaliphilic diatom Fistulifera sp. (Bacillario-phyceae) from Lake Okeechobee, Florida. ALGAE. 35:91-106.Full Text via DOI: 10.4490/algae.2020.35.12.16 Web of Science: 000520862700007
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2019Enhancing algal biomass and lipid production through bacterial co-culture. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY. 122.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.01.033 Web of Science: 000459461800029
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2017Carotenoid glycosides from cyanobacteria are teratogenic in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo model. CHEMOSPHERE. 174:478-489.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.1450045-6535 PMID: 28189893 Web of Science: 000397076000052
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2014Indole Alkaloids from Fischerella Inhibit Vertebrate Development in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model. TOXINS. 6:3568-3581.
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2012Characterization of Roseofilum reptotaenium (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. et sp nov isolated from Caribbean black band disease. PHYCOLOGIA. 51:489-499.Full Text via DOI: 10.2216/11-10.1 Web of Science: 000308682800002
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2012Isolation, characterization and antioxidative activity of C-phycocyanin from Limnothrix sp strain 37-2-1. JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 159:21-26.
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2012Phycocyanin Induces Apoptosis and Enhances the Effect of Topotecan on Prostate Cell Line LNCaP. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD. 15:1091-1095.
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2012Polymethoxy-1-alkenes from Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Inhibit Vertebrate Development in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model. MARINE DRUGS. 10:2322-2336.
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2011Antibacterial Activity of Marine and Black Band Disease Cyanobacteria against Coral-Associated Bacteria. MARINE DRUGS. 9:2089-2105.
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2011Microcystin production and ecological physiology of Caribbean black band disease cyanobacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 13:900-910.
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2009Cyanotoxins from Black Band Disease of Corals and from Other Coral Reef Environments. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 58:856-864.
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2009Sulfide, microcystin, and the etiology of black band disease. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 87:79-90.
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2008Allelopathic activity among Cyanobacteria and microalgae isolated from Florida freshwater habitats. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 64:55-64.
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2007Occurrence and distribution of novel botryococcene hydrocarbons in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades. CHEMOSPHERE. 70:224-236.
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2007Structures of pahayokolides A and B, cyclic peptides from a Lyngbya sp.. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 70:730-735.
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2007The presence of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin in black band disease of corals. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 272:182-187.
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2007The zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo as a model system for identification and characterization of developmental toxins from marine and freshwater microalgae. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY. 145:61-72.
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2006Epidemiology of recreational exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria - an international prospective cohort study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 6.
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2006Quantifying the responses of calcareous periphyton crusts to rehydration: A microcosm study (Florida Everglades). AQUATIC BOTANY. 84:317-323.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2005.12.003 Web of Science: 000236617300006
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2004Pharmacology and toxicology of pahayokolide A, a bioactive metabolite from a freshwater species of Lyngbya isolated from the Florida Everglades. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY. 139.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.11.005 Web of Science: 000227120600008
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2004A new technique for examining the physical structure of Everglades floating periphyton mat. NOVA HEDWIGIA. 78.Full Text via DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0078-0107 Web of Science: 000220540500005
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2002Growth of calcareous epilithic mats in the margin of natural and polluted hydrosystems: Phosphorus removal implications in the C-111 basin, Florida Everglades, USA. LAKE AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT. 18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07438140209353939 Web of Science: 000180154500008
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2000Mechanical damage of roots provides enhanced colonization of the wheat endorhizosphere by the dinitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp strain 2S9B. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 32.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003740000243 Web of Science: 000165620100011
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2000Co-cultivation of N-2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp strain 2S9B and wheat callus. SYMBIOSIS. 29.Web of Science: 000089447200001
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1999Colonization of wheat para-nodules by the N-2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain 2S9B. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 141.Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00352.x Web of Science: 000079607300001
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1999Reconstitution of a cycad-cyanobacterial association. SYMBIOSIS. 27.Web of Science: 000084823500002
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1995COLONIZATION OF WHEAT (TRITICUM-VULGARE L) BY N-2-FIXING CYANOBACTERIA .4. DARK NITROGENASE ACTIVITY AND EFFECTS OF CYANOBACTERIA ON NATURAL N-15 ABUNDANCE IN THE PLANTS. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 129.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1995.tb04304.x Web of Science: A1995QL61700014
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Meeting Abstract
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2015Effect of C-phycocyanin on the anticancer properties of taxol and topotecan in lung cancer implanted athymic nude mice. CANCER RESEARCH.Full Text via DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-5318 Web of Science: 000371597105455
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2015Effects of C-Phycocyanin in combination with anticancer drugs in lung cancer implanted mice. CANCER RESEARCH.Full Text via DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.TRANSCAGEN-A2-27 Web of Science: 000370972600076
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2015Evaluation of C-phycocyanin and anticancer drug combination for inducing apoptosis in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. CANCER RESEARCH.Full Text via DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-5314 Web of Science: 000371597105451
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2013Black band disease (BBD): Pigment characterization and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and evolution assay development. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.Web of Science: 000323851302112
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Review
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2011Everglades Periphyton: A Biogeochemical Perspective. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 309-343.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.531218 Web of Science: 000287494000012
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2010Molecular Aspects of Microcystin-induced Hepatotoxicity and Hepatocarcinogenesis. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART C-ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10590500903585382 Web of Science: 000277588400003
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2008Cyanobacterial toxins as allelochemicals with potential applications as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides. MARINE DRUGS. 117-146.
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chaired theses and dissertations
- Berthold, Erwin David, Enhancing Algal Biomass and Lipid Production through Bacterial and Fungal Co-Culture 2016
advised honors theses
- Thomas, Susan, Antibacterial Activity of Extracellular Products from Cyanobacteria. 2009
Research
principal investigator on
- Enhancing the Activity of Anticancer Drugs by a Natural Product - Phycocyanin awarded by Florida Department of Health 2013 - 2014
- Optimization of phycocyanin production awarded by Institute of International Education 2013 - 2014
co-principal investigator on
- Advanced Research Cooperation in Environmental Health (ARCH)/Admin Supplement awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2011 - 2012
- Advanced Research Cooperation in Environmental Health Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2010
- Zebrafish Embryos as a Model for Cyanobacterial Toxins. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2009
investigator on
- Zebrafish Embryos as a Model for Cyanobacterial Toxins. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2009
Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U19: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- BSC3941-U20: Biological Sciences Research Internship Spring Term 2019
- MCB2000-U01: Introductory Microbiology Fall Term 2019
- MCB2000-U01: Introductory Microbiology Spring Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Miroslav Gantar
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publication subject areas
- Agriculture
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
- Chemistry
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Fisheries
- Food Science & Technology
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Microbiology
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Oncology
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- Plant Sciences
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Toxicology
- Veterinary Sciences
- Zoology