Use of qPCR for the study of hepatotoxic cyanobacteria population dynamics

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 615-627

  Martins, António ^a   Vasconcelos, Vitor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Dynamics; Monitoring; qPCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; MICROCYSTIN; NODULARIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URACIL;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80054703291     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0724-7     Document Type: Review

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