Dynamics of microcystin production and quantification of potentially toxigenic Microcystis sp. using real-time PCR

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 817-827

  Srivastava, Ankita ^a   Choi, Gang Guk ^b   Ahn, Chi Yong ^b   Oh, Hee Mock ^b   Ravi, Alok Kumar ^c   Asthana, Ravi Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

LC MS; Microcystin; Microcystis sp.; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENES; LAKES;

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LC-MS; LIGHT IRRADIANCES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; REAL-TIME PCR; WATER TEMPERATURES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; MICROCYSTIN; PHYCOCYANIN; RAIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMONITORING; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; IRRADIANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN; TROPICAL REGION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DOSAGE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; PH; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84855335182     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.056     Document Type: Article

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