Comparative genomics reveals diversified CRISPR-Cas systems of globally distributed Microcystis aeruginosa, a freshwater bloom-forming cyanobacterium

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Chen ^a,b   Lin, Feibi ^a,b   Li, Qi ^a,b   Li, Tao ^a   Zhao, Jindong ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; CRISPR Cas system; Freshwater cyanobacterium; Harmful algal blooms; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84931270823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00394     Document Type: Article

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