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Autumnal increase in proportion of toxic Microcystis in Lake Taihu depends more on temperature adaptability than on effects of toxigenicity.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Sept 2015
Hu L, Kong R, Xu X
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AIMS: Toxic Microcystis strains have selective advantages over nontoxic strains under certain conditions. This study was undertaken to analyse whether fluctuations of toxic/nontoxic ratio in Microcystis population are based on effects of toxigenicity. METHODS AND RESULTS: Annual Microcystis population dynamics was investigated by sequencing of gvpAC-IGS libraries and qPCR analysis of mcyA. gvpAC-IGS type 1...
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