First report of toxic Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis mediterranea (Cyanoprokaryota) in Egyptian fresh waters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 749-761

  Mohamed, Zakaria A ^a,b  

^a SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Faculty of Science   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsis; Egypt; Fresh waters; Raphidiopsis; Toxic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMONITORING; CYANOBACTERIUM; NEW RECORD; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; DAPHNIA; EGYPT; GERMINATION; MALE; MONITORING; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHIDIOPSIS MEDITERRANEA; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; DAPHNIA; EGYPT; FRESH WATER; MALE; MICE; NEUROTOXINS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SOHAG;

ARTEMIA SALINA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; DAPHNIA MAGNA; MUS; RAPHIDIOPSIS; RAPHIDIOPSIS MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 33847724800     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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