Association of toxin-producing Clostridium botulinum with the macroalga Cladophora in the Great Lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2587-2594

  Chun, Chan Lan ^a   Ochsner, Urs ^a   Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N ^b   Whitman, Richard L ^b   Tepp, William H ^c   Lin, Guangyun ^c   Johnson, Eric A ^c   Peller, Julie ^d   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE-SPECIFIC PRIMERS; HIGH INCIDENCE; HUMAN DISEASE; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; POTENTIAL HABITAT; VEGETATIVE CELLS;

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORINE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENES; LAKES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN C; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL MAT; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GREEN ALGA; INGESTION RATE; MACROALGA; SHORELINE; TOXIN; WADER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLADOPHORA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; LAKE; MACROALGA; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CHLOROPHYTA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LAKES; MICE; MICHIGAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875327242     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304743m     Document Type: Article

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