Establishment of quantitative PCR methods for the quantification of geosmin-producing potential and Anabaena sp. in freshwater systems

Published

September 4, 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 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences., Beijing 100049, China.
c South Australia Water Corporation, Australian Water Quality Centre, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
d Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Sciences, School of Earth and Environment Sciences, Adelaide University, Adelaide nil, Australia.
e Healthscope Pathology SA, Adelaide, SA 5034, Australia.

* Corresponding to: Min Yang (yangmin@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.