Multiplex PCR assay for Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and cylindrospermopsin-producing cyanobacteria

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-125

  Fergusson, Kim M ^b   Saint, Christopher P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsin; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; Identification; Multiplex PCR; Peptide synthetase; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; COSTS; GENES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN PRODUCING CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY; PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE (PS); POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE (PKS);

WATER POLLUTION;

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; URACIL;

BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MONITORING; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANABAENA BERGII; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URACIL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038508643     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10108     Document Type: Article

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