Iron uptake and toxin synthesis in the bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa under iron limitation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1064-1077

  Alexova, Ralitza ^a   Fujii, Manabu ^a,b   Birch, Debra ^c   Cheng, Jennifer ^a   Waite, T David ^a   Ferrari, Belinda C ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; IRON; MICROCYSTIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79953290415     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02412.x     Document Type: Article

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