Effect of elevated temperature, darkness, and hydrogen peroxide treatment on oxidative stress and cell death in the bloom-forming toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1316-1325

  Bouchard, Josée N ^a   Purdie, Duncan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caspase 3 like activity; Cell death; Cyanobacteria; Darkness; DNA degradation; Hydrogen peroxide; Microcystis aeruginosa; Oxidative stress; SYTOX green; Temperature; Terminal deoxynucletidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 82955217825     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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