Spatiotemporal changes in the genetic diversity of a bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) population

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-429

  Briand, Enora ^a,b   Escoffier, Nicolas ^c,d   Straub, Cécile ^c   Sabart, Marion ^c,e   Quiblier, Catherine ^a,f   Humbert, Jean François ^c,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SCE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bloom; Cyanobacteria; Genetic diversity; Microcystins; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 63349100380     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.121     Document Type: Article

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