Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in Tunisian freshwaters

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Fathalli, Afef ^a   Ben Rejeb Jenhani, Amel ^a   Moreira, Cristiana ^b   Welker, Martin ^c,d   Romdhane, Mohamed ^a   Antunes, Agostinho ^b   Vasconcelos, Vitor ^b,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c AnagnosTec Gesellschaft fur Analytische Biochemie & Diagnostik mbH   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Microcystins; Phylogeny; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S; SAXITOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SAXITOXIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TUNISIA; URACIL;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 79955476166     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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