The fate of microcystins in the environment and challenges for monitoring

Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3354-3387

  Schmidt, Justine R ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^b   Boyer, Gregory L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Glutathione metabolic pathway; Metabolism; Microbial degradation; Microcystins; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GLUTATHIONE; MICROCYSTIN;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; XENOBIOTICS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROCYSTINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84919800481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6123354     Document Type: Review

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