A new quantitative PCR assay for the detection of hepatotoxigenic cyanobacteria

Toxicon

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 546-554

  Al Tebrineh, J ^a   Gehringer, M M ^a   Akcaalan, R ^b   Neilan, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Harmful algal bloom; Melt curve analysis; Microcystin; Nodularin; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN; NODULARIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; MICROCYSTINS; NODULARIA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79952359319     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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