Potential triggers for akinete differentiation in an Australian strain of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (AWT 205/1)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 506-509, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-180

  Moore, David ^a,b   O'Donohue, Mark ^c   Shaw, Glen ^a,b   Critchley, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Water Qual Treatm ^*  (Australia)

^c S E QLD Water Corporation Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akinete; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; Differentiation; Phosphorus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; SWELLING; WATER;

AKINETES;

HYDROLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIUM; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESTING STAGE; SPORE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; NOSTOCALES; STIGONEMATALES; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0345074419     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008536.01716.1a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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