Temporal variations in the dynamics of potentially microcystin-producing strains in a bloom-forming Planktothrix agardhii (Cyanobacterium) population

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3839-3848

  Briand, Enora ^a,b   Gugger, Muriel ^a,c   François, Jean Christophe ^a,d,e   Bernard, Cécile ^a   Humbert, Jean François ^c,f   Quiblier, Catherine ^a,g  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SCE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CELLS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; CELL NUMBERS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; IN ORDER; MC CONCENTRATIONS; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTINS (MCYST); MONITORING PROGRAMS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; PHYCOCYANIN; PLANKTOTHRIX; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR (QRT PCR); RELATIVE PROPORTIONS; SHORT PERIODS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

MICROCYSTIN; PHYCOCYANIN;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CLADOCERA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; MCYA GENE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CLADOCERA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 45749140536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02343-07     Document Type: Article

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