Phylogeny and biogeography of cyanobacteria and their produced toxins

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4350-4369

  Moreira, Cristiana ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Vitor ^a,b   Antunes, Agostinho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Phylogeny and biogeography

Indexed keywords

CYANOTOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84889255771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11114350     Document Type: Review

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