Benthic cyanobacteria of the genus Nodularia are non-toxic, without gas vacuoles, able to glide and genetically more diverse than planktonic Nodularia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 555-568

  Lyra, Christina ^a   Laamanen, Maria ^b   Lehtimäki, Jaana M ^a   Surakka, Anu ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; NODULARIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VACUOLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NODULARIA HARVEYANA; NODULARIA SPHAEROCARPA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NODULARIA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; VACUOLES;

CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA HARVEYANA; NODULARIA SPHAEROCARPA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 16844381997     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63288-0     Document Type: Article

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