Cyanotoxins from black band disease of corals and from other Coral Reef environments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 856-864

  Gantar, Miroslav ^a   Sekar, Raju ^a,b   Richardson, Laurie L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; GEITLERINEMA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; PHORMIDIUM; PSEUDANABAENA; SPIRULINA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; GLUCOSE; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GLUCOSE; LIGHT; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

EID: 73349136316     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9540-x     Document Type: Article

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