Quantification of microcystis in a eutrophic lake by simple DNA extraction and SYBR green real-time PCR

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Tomioka, Noriko ^a   Nagai, Takashi ^b   Kawasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Imai, Akio ^a   Matsushige, Kazuo ^a   Kohata, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Eutrophic lake; Microcystis; Quantification; SYBR Green I

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 70349915871     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08515     Document Type: Article

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