Effects of Saxitoxin (STX) and Veratridine on Bacterial Na +-K+ Fluxes: A Prokaryote-Based STX Bioassay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7371-7376

  Pomati, Francesco ^a   Rossetti, Carlo ^b   Calamari, Davide ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEALTH CARE; METABOLISM; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CELLULAR CONCENTRATIONS; SAXITOXIN (STX); VERATRIDINE (VTD);

BACTERIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); FORMAZAN; POTASSIUM ION; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; SODIUM ION; TETRAZOLIUM; VANADIC ACID; VERATRIDINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; CYTOLYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ION CURRENT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PROKARYOTE; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; STRESS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRICHOME; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; VIBRIO;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYANOBACTERIA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; VERATRIDINE; VIBRIO;

EID: 1242348173     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7371-7376.2003     Document Type: Article

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