Risk assessment of toxic Cyanobacteria in Polish water bodies

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-58

  Mankiewicz Boczek, J ^a   Izyorczyk, K ^a   Jurczak, T ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Mcy genes; Microcystin; Toxicity; Toxigenic strains

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; POTABLE WATER; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CYANOBACTERIAL RISK; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOXIGENIC STRAINS; WATER BODIES;

ALGAE;

EID: 36148981502     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/ETOX060061     Document Type: Article

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