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Genetic diversity of the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis in Lake Mikata.
Environmental toxicology - 1 Jun 2005
Yoshida Mitsuhiro, Yoshida Takashi, Takashima Yukari, Kondo Ryuji, Hiroishi Shingo
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to clarify the bloom dynamics and community composition of hepatotoxin microcystin-producing and non-microcystin-producing Microcystis genotypes in the environment. In Lake Mikata (Fukui, Japan) from April 2003 to January 2004, seasonal variation in the number of cells with microcystin (mcy) genotypes and the genetic diversity of the total population were investigated using...
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