Quantitative Detection of Toxic Strains of the Cyanobacterial Genus Microcystis by Competitive PCR

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-23

  Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Yuki, Yasutaka ^a   Lei, Shi ^a   Chinen, Hideaki ^a   Yoshida, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kondo, Ryuji ^a   Hiroishi, Shingo ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

competitive PCR; microcystin; Microcystis; peptide synthetase; toxic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444441372     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.18.16     Document Type: Article

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