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Population turnover in a Microcystis bloom results in predominantly nontoxigenic variants late in the season.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2010
Bozarth Connie S, Schwartz Andrew D, Shepardson Jonathan W, Colwell Frederick S, Dreher Theo W
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Surface samples of the 2007 Microcystis bloom occurring in Copco Reservoir on the Klamath River in Northern California were analyzed genetically by sequencing clone libraries made with amplicons at three loci: the internal transcribed spacer of the rRNA operon (ITS), cpcBA, and mcyA. Samples were taken between June and October, during which time two cell count peaks occurred, in mid-July and early September. The...
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