Ecological dynamics of toxic Microcystis spp. and microcystin-degrading bacteria in Dianchi Lake, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1874-1881

  Zhu, Lin ^a,b   Wu, Yanlong ^a,b   Song, Lirong ^a   Gan, Nanqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADING BACTERIA; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; FRESH WATER LAKES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING STATIONS; TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS;

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GENES; LAKES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC ORGANISM; TUMOR;

CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; YUNNAN;

CARCINOGEN; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LAKES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROCYSTINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84897636704     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02972-13     Document Type: Article

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