Population turnover in a microcystis bloom results in predominantly nontoxigenic variants late in the season

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5207-5213

  Bozarth, Connie S ^a   Schwartz, Andrew D ^a   Shepardson, Jonathan W ^a   Colwell, Frederick S ^a   Dreher, Theo W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; CALIFORNIA; CELL COUNT; CLONE LIBRARY; COPY NUMBER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; KLAMATH RIVERS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; SURFACE SAMPLE; TOXIGENIC;

CLONING; LIBRARIES; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALLELE; CLONE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TURNOVER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EUTROPHICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; MICROCYSTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

KLAMATH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 77955571286     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00001-10     Document Type: Article

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