A novel epiphytic cyanobacterium associated with reservoirs affected by avian vacuolar myelinopathy

Harmful Algae

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-353

  Williams, Sarah K ^a   Kempton, Jason ^a   Wilde, Susan B ^b   Lewitus, Alan ^b  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S; Avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM); Cyanobacteria; Fulica americana; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Hydrilla; Real time PCR; Stigonematales

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; AVES; CYANOBACTERIA; FULICA AMERICANA; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; STIGONEMATALES;

EID: 33947111462     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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