Molecular characterization of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and design of a species-specific PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 332-338

  Wilson, Kim M ^b   Schembri, Mark A ^b   Baker, Peter D ^b   Saint, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Department of Applied Chemistry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 0033987456     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.332-338.2000     Document Type: Article

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