PCR-based identification of microcystin-producing genotypes of different cyanobacterial genera

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 402-410

  Hisbergues, Michael ^a,c   Christiansen, Guntram ^a   Rouhiainen, Leo ^b   Sivonen, Kaarina ^b   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Cyanobacteria; Microcystin; Microcystis; Nodularia; Nostoc; Peptide synthetase; Planktothrix; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; SYNTHETASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE MYC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; NODULARIA; NOSTOC; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 0347117582     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0605-9     Document Type: Article

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