Cyanotoxin occurrence and potentially toxin producing cyanobacteria in freshwaters of Greece: A multi-disciplinary approach

Toxicon

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Gkelis, Spyros ^a   Zaoutsos, Nikos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin (CYN); Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; Microcystin (MC); Saxitoxin (STX)

Indexed keywords

CYANOTOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; LAKE WATER; MICROCYSTIN; MYCOTOXIN; SAXITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN (CYN); CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; CYN; MC; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN (MC); SAXITOXIN; SAXITOXIN (STX); STX;

APHANIZOMENON; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GREECE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; SAXITOXIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URACIL;

EID: 84890260348     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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