Comparison of cyanobacterial microcystin synthetase (mcy) E gene transcript levels, mcy E gene copies, and biomass as indicators of microcystin risk under laboratory and field conditions

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 411-425

  Ngwa, Felexce F ^a   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^a   Jabaji, Suha ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial bloom; Gene expression; mcyE; Microcystin; Reverse transcription qPCR

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAKE; MCYE GENE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WATER SAMPLING; BIOMASS; CANADA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LAKES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; QUEBEC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84906081890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.173     Document Type: Article

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