Isolation and endotoxin activities of lipopolysaccharides from cyanobacterial cultures and complex water blooms and comparison with the effects of heterotrophic bacteria and green alga

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Bernardová, Kateřina ^a,b   Babica, Pavel ^b   Maršálek, Blahoslav ^b   Bláha, Luděk ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; LAL assay; Lipopolysaccharide; Pyrogenicity; Water bloom

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PYROGEN;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN ALGA; KLUYVERA; LIMULUS; MICROCYSTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ALGAE, GREEN; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANABAENA SP.; APHANIZOMENON; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; KLUYVERA INTERMEDIA; LIMULUS; MICROCYSTIS SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 38349124797     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1257     Document Type: Article

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