Polyphasic assessment of fresh-water benthic mat-forming cyanobacteria isolated from New Zealand

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-109

  Heath, Mark W ^a   Wood, Susanna A ^b   Ryan, Ken G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Benthic cyanobacteria; Phormidium; Phormidium autumnale

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S;

ALGAL MAT; BENTHOS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD POISONING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INGESTION RATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER WATER; RNA; SAMPLING; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTINS; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIACEAE; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM AUTUMNALE; PHORMIDIUM MURRAYII;

EID: 77953190730     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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