Evidence for paralytic shellfish poisons in the freshwater cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) comb. nov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3104-3110

  Carmichael, W W ^a   Evans, W R ^a   Yin, Q Q ^a   Bell, P ^b   Moczydlowski, E ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GONYAUTOXIN; LYNGBYATOXIN; SAXITOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BENTHOS; CYANOBACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA WOLLEI;

EID: 0030742175     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3104-3110.1997     Document Type: Article

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