Release of carbohydrates and proteins by a subtropical strain of raphidiopsis brookii (cyanobacteria) able to produce saxitoxin at three nitrate concentrations

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 585-591

  Yunes, João Sarkis ^a   De La Rocha, Sabrina ^a   Giroldo, Danilo ^a   Silveira, Savenia Bonoto Da ^a   Comin, Rubens ^a   Bicho, Miriam Da Silva ^a   Melcher, Silvia Susanne ^b   Sant'Anna, Célia Leite ^b   Vieira, Armando Augusto Henriques ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c UFSCar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cyanobacteria; Nitrate; Polysaccharide; Protein; Raphidiopsis; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; RAPHIDIOPSIS;

EID: 66749145059     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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