Diversity of Toxic and Nontoxic Nodularia Isolates (Cyanobacteria) and Filaments from the Baltic Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4638-4647

  Laamanen, Maria J ^a,b   Gugger, Muriel F ^a,c   Lehtimäki, Jaana M ^a   Haukka, Kaisa ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; NODULARIN; PHYCOCYANIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SEA WATER; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPERON; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER;

EID: 0035491774     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4638-4647.2001     Document Type: Article

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