Identifying the source of unknown microcystin genes and predicting microcystin variants by comparing genes within uncultured cyanobacterial cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3598-3604

  Allender, Christopher J ^a   LeCleir, Gary R ^a   Rinta Kanto, Johanna M ^b   Small, Randall L ^a   Satchwell, Michael F ^c   Boyer, Gregory L ^c   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE FRAGMENTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIS; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

GENES;

DNA FRAGMENT; MICROCYSTIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAKE; LAURENTIA; PREDICTION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MCYA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 66249143020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02448-08     Document Type: Article

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