Cyanobacterial crowding-out effects on metabolite partitioning: modeling 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) release dynamics and implications

Authors
Affiliations

Yufan Ai

Yongnian Wu

Bureau of Hydrology Information Center of Taihu Basin Authority

Yuying Gui

Yifan Du

Jiao Fang

Tengxin Cao

Min Yang

Published

August 12, 2026

# These authors contributed equally to this work.

a Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences., Beijing 100085, China.
b Bureau of Hydrology Information Center of Taihu Basin Authority, Shanghai 200434, China.
c College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.
d University of Chinese Academy of Sciences., Beijing 100049, China.

* Corresponding to: Ming Su (mingsu@rcees.ac.cn)

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Ming Su: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing, Visualization, Project administration, Funding acquisition. Yiping Zhu: Investigation, Resources, Project administration. Michael Burch: Writing - Review & Editing. Jinping Lu, Tengxin Cao, Yufan Ai: Investigation. Jianwei Yu: Resources. Min Yang: Conceptualization, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing - Review & Editing, Project administration, Resources, Funding acquisition, Supervision.