Detection of saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria and Anabaena circinalis in environmental water blooms by quantitative PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7836-7842

  Al Tebrineh, Jamal ^a   Mihali, Troco Kaan ^a   Pomati, Francesco ^a,b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENE CLUSTER; CELL COUNTING; COPY NUMBER; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RED TIDE; STX GENES; SYBR GREEN; TOXIGENICITY; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; SAXITOXIN; WATER;

ALKALOID; CARBAMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED TIDE; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAXITOXIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; DINOPHYCEAE; LYNGBYA WOLLEI;

EID: 78650403538     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00174-10     Document Type: Article

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