Evidence of the cost of the production of microcystins by Microcystis aeruginosa under differing light and nitrate environmental conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Briand, Enora ^a,b   Bormans, Myriam ^a   Quiblier, Catherine ^b,c   Salençon, Marie José ^d   Humbert, Jean François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Environmental Defense Fund Rand   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

LIGHT; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; NITRATES;

EID: 84855985183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029981     Document Type: Article

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