Elevated microcystin and nodularin levels in cyanobacteria growing in spent medium of Planktothrix agardhii

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-550

  Engelke, Clemens J ^a,b,c   Lawton, Linda A ^b   Jaspars, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture conditions; Cyanobacterial toxins; Hepatotoxic peptides; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; TOXIN;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NODULARIA; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 0347567059     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0541     Document Type: Article

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