Secondary metabolite gene expression and interplay of bacterial functions in a tropical freshwater cyanobacterial bloom

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1866-1878

  Penn, Kevin ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Fernando, Samodha C ^a,b   Thompson, Janelle R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; metatranscriptomics; microcystin; microcystis; toxins

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOXIN; WATER QUALITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FRESH WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCYSTIS; PLANKTON; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROCYSTIS; PLANKTON; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84906943195     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.27     Document Type: Article

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