Detection of potentially producing cylindrospermopsin and microcystin strains in mixed populations of cyanobacteria by simultaneous amplification of cylindrospermopsin and microcystin gene regions

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-108

  Barón Sola, Ángel ^a   Ouahid, Youness ^a   del Campo, Francisca F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aoa and mcy genes; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin; Environmental samples; Microcystin; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; MICROCYSTIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICON; AOA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URACIL;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80655127629     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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