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Distribution of the Harmful Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, in 88 Freshwater Environments across Japan.
Microbes and environments - 1 Jan 2020
Kataoka Takafumi, Ohbayashi Kako, Kobayashi Yuki, Takasu Hiroyuki, Nakano Shin-Ichi, Kondo Ryuji, Hodoki Yoshikuni
Abstract excerpt
Microcystis aeruginosa was quantitatively surveyed in 88 freshwater environments across Japan within 3 weeks in 2011. In order to clarify the distribution pattern of M. aeruginosa at the intra-species level, three major genotypes, which were defined by 16S-23S rRNA inter-transcribed-spacer (ITS) regions, were selectively detected using quantitative real-time PCR assays. Of the 68 sites at which the Microcystis...
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