Climate change and regulation of hepatotoxin production in Cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Gehringer, Michelle M ^a   Wannicke, Nicola ^b,c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Microcystin; Microcystis; Nodularia; Nodularin

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; PEPTIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIN;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; MICROCYSTIN; NODULARIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CO 2; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; NODULARIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CO 2; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIS; NODULARIA; NODULARIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84898057608     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12291     Document Type: Article

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