Morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of unusual morphospecies of Microcystis novacekii forming bloom in the Cheffia Dam (Algeria)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-250

  El Herry, Soumaya ^a   Nasri, Hichem ^a,c   Bouaïcha, Noureddine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c University of El Tarf   (Algeria)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cyanobacteria; ITS; Microcystins

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DNA; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; TOXICOLOGY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA PCC 7806; MICROCYSTIS NOVACEKII;

EID: 69949085893     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.242     Document Type: Article

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