Taxonomy and production of paralytic shellfish toxins by the freshwater cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon gracile LMECYA40

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-368

  Pereira, Paulo ^a   Li, Renhui ^b   Carmichael, Wayne W ^b   Dias, Elsa ^a   Franca, Susana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Aphanizomenon gracile; Cyanobacteria; Paralytic shellfish toxins; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; RESERVOIR; TAXONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON GRACILE; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 11144308891     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260410001714723     Document Type: Article

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