Varied Diazotrophies, Morphologies, and Toxicities of Genetically Similar Isolates of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Nostocales, Cyanophyceae) from Northern Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1839-1845

  Saker, Martin L ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^b  

^a Inst de Zoologia Dr Augusto Nobre   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; URACIL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

AMMONIA; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; URACIL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035316066     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1839-1845.2001     Document Type: Article

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