The freshwater cyanobacterium Planktothrix sp. FP1: Molecular identification and detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 553-562

  Pomati, Francesco ^a   Sacchi, Silvia ^a   Rossetti, Carlo ^a   Giovannardi, Stefano ^a   Onodera, Hideyuki ^b   Oshima, Yasukatsu ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cyanobacteria; HPLC; LC MS; Na+ channels; Patch clamp; Phycocyanin gene; Planktothrix; PSP; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICITY; ITALY; LAKE; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING TOXIN; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SAXITOXIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

ITALY;

PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 0033850893     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99181.x     Document Type: Article

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