Microcystin-producing genotypes from cyanobacteria in Brazilian reservoirs

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 461-471

  Bittencourt Oliveira, Maria do Carmo ^a,b   Piccin Santos, Viviane ^a,b   Gouvêa Barros, Selma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bloom; Genetic diversity; McyB; Molecular markers; Toxin; Whole cell PCR

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MCYB; MOLECULAR MARKER; TOXIN; WHOLE CELL;

GENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SCREENING;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL DNA; MICROCYSTIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; TOXIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS NOVACEKII; MICROCYSTIS PANNIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 84863559429     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20659     Document Type: Article

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