Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin-producing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon gracile in Northeast Germany

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1173-1180

  Ballot, Andreas ^a   Fastner, Jutta ^b   Wiedner, Claudia ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; ENCODING GENES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTERS; GERMANY; ISOLATED STRAINS; LC-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; POLYPHASIC; WATERBODIES;

ANTIGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GENE ENCODING; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINOUS PAINT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANATOXIN A; BACTERIAL DNA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; MARINE TOXIN; PRIMER DNA; SAXITOXIN; TROPANE DERIVATIVE; URACIL;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; IMMUNOASSAY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; PHYLOGENETICS; TOXICITY TEST; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SHELLFISH POISONING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; APHANIZOMENON; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; MARINE TOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SAXITOXIN; SHELLFISH POISONING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TROPANES; URACIL;

GERMANY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; ANABAENA PLANKTONICA; ANABAENOPSIS; ANABAENOPSIS ELENKINII; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON GRACILE; APHANIZOMENON ISSATSCHENKOI; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 76649114667     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02285-09     Document Type: Article

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