Detection of hepatotoxic Microcystis strains by PCR with intact cells from both culture and environmental samples

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-427

  Pan, Hui ^a   Song, Lirong ^a   Liu, Yongding ^a   Börner, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microcystin; Microcystis; Peptide synthetase; Toxin; Whole cell PCR

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036430051     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0464-9     Document Type: Article

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