Effect of light intensity on the relative dominance of toxigenic and nontoxigenic strains of Microcystis aeruginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7016-7022

  Renaud, Susan LeBlanc ^a   Pick, Frances R ^a   Fortin, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CULTURE GROWTH; GENE COPY NUMBER; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW LIGHT; METABOLIC COST; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MIXED CULTURES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; TOXIGENIC; TOXIGENIC STRAINS; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

ECOLOGY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL DNA; MICROCYSTIN;

BACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 82955178204     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05246-11     Document Type: Article

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