Gantar, Miroslav F

Gantar, Miroslav F
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Senior Instructor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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Article
- 2020
  
  Omega-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
- 2019
  
  Enhancing 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
- 2017
  
  Carotenoid 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
- 2015
  
  Identification of teratogenic polymethoxy-1-alkenes from Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, and taxonomically diverse freshwater cyanobacteria and green algae. HARMFUL ALGAE. 49:156-161.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2015.09.010 PMID: 26770179 Web of Science: 000365058400015
- 2014
  
  Indole Alkaloids from Fischerella Inhibit Vertebrate Development in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model. TOXINS. 6:3568-3581.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/toxins6123568 PMID: 25533520 Web of Science: 000346794900019
- 2012
  
  Characterization 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
- 2012
  
  Effects of Cyanobacterial Lipopolysaccharides from Microcystis on Glutathione-Based Detoxification Pathways in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo. TOXINS. 4:390-404.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/toxins4060390 PMID: 22822454 Web of Science: 000307982900001
- 2012
  
  Isolation, characterization and antioxidative activity of C-phycocyanin from Limnothrix sp strain 37-2-1. JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 159:21-26.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.004 PMID: 22353597 Web of Science: 000302772000003
- 2012
  
  Phycocyanin Induces Apoptosis and Enhances the Effect of Topotecan on Prostate Cell Line LNCaP. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD. 15:1091-1095.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2012.0123 PMID: 23134462 Web of Science: 000312446800008
- 2012
  
  Polymethoxy-1-alkenes from Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Inhibit Vertebrate Development in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model. MARINE DRUGS. 10:2322-2336.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/md10102322 PMID: 23170087 Web of Science: 000310453600014
- 2011
  
  Antibacterial Activity of Marine and Black Band Disease Cyanobacteria against Coral-Associated Bacteria. MARINE DRUGS. 9:2089-2105.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/md9102089 PMID: 22073011 Web of Science: 000298928300020
- 2011
  
  Microcystin production and ecological physiology of Caribbean black band disease cyanobacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 13:900-910.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02388.x PMID: 21143569 Web of Science: 000289116700006
- 2009
  
  Cyanotoxins from Black Band Disease of Corals and from Other Coral Reef Environments. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 58:856-864.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9540-x PMID: 19554362 Web of Science: 000271461000015
- 2009
  
  Sulfide, microcystin, and the etiology of black band disease. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS. 87:79-90.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3354/dao02083 PMID: 20095243 Web of Science: 000272675600008
- 2008
  
  Allelopathic activity among Cyanobacteria and microalgae isolated from Florida freshwater habitats. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 64:55-64.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00439.x PMID: 18266743 Web of Science: 000253886700006
- 2007
  
  Occurrence and distribution of novel botryococcene hydrocarbons in freshwater wetlands of the Florida Everglades. CHEMOSPHERE. 70:224-236.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.056 PMID: 17688908 Web of Science: 000251705300008
- 2007
  
  Structures of pahayokolides A and B, cyclic peptides from a Lyngbya sp.. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 70:730-735.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/np060389p PMID: 17432902 Web of Science: 000246764300002
- 2007
  
  The presence of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin in black band disease of corals. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 272:182-187.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00751.x PMID: 17506829 Web of Science: 000247319500007
- 2007
  
  The 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.07.011 PMID: 17020820 Web of Science: 000244907400008
- 2006
  
  Epidemiology of recreational exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria - an international prospective cohort study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-93 PMID: 16606468 Web of Science: 000240474300001
- 2006
  
  Quantifying 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
- 2004
  
  Pharmacology 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
- 2004
  
  A 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
- 2002
  
  Growth 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
- 2000
  
  Mechanical 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
- 2000
  
  Co-cultivation of N-2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp strain 2S9B and wheat callus. SYMBIOSIS. 29.
  Web of Science: 000089447200001
- 1999
  
  Colonization 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
- 1999
  
  Reconstitution of a cycad-cyanobacterial association. SYMBIOSIS. 27.
  Web of Science: 000084823500002
- 1995
  
  COLONIZATION 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
- 1995
  
  Role of extracellular polysaccharide in the colonization of wheat (Triticum vulgare L.) roots by N2-fixing cyanobacteria
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00336345
- 1993
  
  Effects of root-associated N2-fixing cyanobacteria on the growth and nitrogen content of wheat (Triticum vulgare L.) seedlings
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00336292
- 1991
  
  Nutrient removal and algal succession during the growth of Spirulina platensis and Scenedesmus quadricauda on swine wastewater
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(91)90175-J
- 1986
  
  Ultrastructure of dunaliella tertiolecta cells grown under low and high CO2 concentrations
Conference
- 1986
  
  Investigation of bioregeneration of activated carbon in the combined advanced oil refinery and municipal wastewater treatment. 555-569.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1116(08)70963-4
Meeting Abstract
- 2015
  
  Effect 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
- 2015
  
  Effects 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
- 2015
  
  Evaluation 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
- 2013
  
  Black 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
Review
- 2011
  
  Everglades 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
- 2010
  
  Molecular 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
- 2008
  
  Cyanobacterial toxins as allelochemicals with potential applications as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides. MARINE DRUGS. 117-146.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/md6020117 PMID: 18728763 Web of Science: 000257202100004
- 2008
  
  Microalgae and cyanobacteria: Food for thought. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. 260-268.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00469.x PMID: 27041182 Web of Science: 000254991300001

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

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 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

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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

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