Chronic toxicity of the triazole fungicide tebuconazole on a heterocystous, nitrogen-fixing rice paddy field cyanobacterium, Westiellopsis prolifica Janet

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1134-1139

  Nirmal Kumar, J I ^a   Bora, Anubhuti ^a   Kaur Amb, Manmeet ^a  

^a Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Enzymes; Metabolites; Pigments; Tebuconazole; Westiellopsis prolifica Janet

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHENOL; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TEBUCONAZOLE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; RICE; TOXICITY TESTING; WESTIELLOPSIS PROLIFICA;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; TRIAZOLES;

WESTIELLOPSIS PROLIFICA;

EID: 77954963291     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0907.07013     Document Type: Article

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