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Comparative genomics of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains with differential toxicities.
BMC genomics - 29 Jan 2014
Sinha Rati, Pearson Leanne A, Davis Timothy W, Muenchhoff Julia, Pratama Ryanbi, Jex Aaron, Burford Michele A, Neilan Brett A
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BACKGROUND: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is an invasive filamentous freshwater cyanobacterium, some strains of which produce toxins. Sporadic toxicity may be the result of gene deletion events, the horizontal transfer of toxin biosynthesis gene clusters, or other genomic variables, yet the evolutionary drivers for cyanotoxin production remain a mystery. Through examining the genomes of toxic and non-toxic...
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