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RESEARCH ARTICLE

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

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