Isolation of a Poterioochromonas capable of feeding on Microcystis aeruginosa and degrading microcystin-LR

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-246

  Zhang, Xue ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a   Hong, Yu ^a   Yang, Jia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ingestion effect; Microcystin LR degradation; Microcystis aeruginosa; Mixotrophy; Poterioochromonas sp.

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN LR; RNA 18S;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEGRADATION; FEEDING; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MIXOTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POTERIOOCHROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE, GOLDEN-BROWN; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; POTERIOOCHROMONAS;

EID: 53849086182     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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