Identification of cyanobacteria and their toxigenicity in environmental samples by rapid molecular analysis

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 472-482

  Baker, Judith A ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^b   Entsch, Barrie ^c   Mckay, David B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon; Australia; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; Microcystis aeruginosa Anabaena circinalis; Molecular analysis; Toxigenicity

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENZYMES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STRAIN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

CYANOGINOSIN; PHYCOCYANIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOTOXICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DATA COLLECTION; DNA PROBES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; MICE; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHYCOCYANIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0035198898     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10010     Document Type: Article

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