Towards a molecular taxonomy for the bloom-forming cyanobacteria
BA Neilan, PR Hawkins, PT Cox and AE Goodman
Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
45(5) 869 - 873
Published: 1994
Abstract
Regions of the 16s subunit of the ribosomal RNA gene of the bloom-associated cyanobacterial genera Microcystis and Anabaena have been sequenced and found to provide strain-specific sequence information. Comparisons of the DNA sequence of these cyanobacteria indicated that the strains examined are related and that probes diagnostic for bloom-forming and toxigenic strains in water samples can be designed.
Keywords: 16s rRNA, PCR, Microcystis, Anabaena, DNA sequence
https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940869
© CSIRO 1994
