First report of the cyanotoxin anatoxin-a from Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi (cyanobacteria)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-365

  Wood, Susanna A ^a   Rasmussen, John Paul ^b   Holland, Patrick T ^a   Campbell, Rebecca ^b,c   Crowe, Anna L M ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxin; Cylindrospermopsin; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON ISSATSCHENKOI; CYANOBACTERIA; RAPHIDIOPSIS MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 33846240575     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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