Molecular approaches to the investigation of viable dinoflagellate cysts in natural sediments from estuarine environments

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-94

  Coyne, Kathryn J ^a   Craig Cary, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anoxia; cDNA; Cytochrome; Delaware Inland Bays; Excystment; Germination; Harmful algal blooms; mRNA; Pfiesteria; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; DNA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA; SEDIMENT; VIABILITY;

DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA;

MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PFIESTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEAWATER;

EID: 21844446401     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05202001.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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