Characterization of toxin-producing cyanobacteria by using an oligonucleotide probe containing a tandemly repeated heptamer.
J Bacteriol
; 177(20): 6021-6, 1995 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Cyanobacteria produce toxins that kill animals. The two main classes of cyanobacterial toxins are cyclic peptides that cause liver damage and alkaloids that block nerve transmission. Many toxin-producing strains from Finnish lakes were brought into axenic culture, and their toxins were characterized. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, probing with a short tandemly repeated DNA sequence found at many locations in the chromosome of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, distinguishes hepatotoxic Anabaena isolates from neurotoxin-producing strains and from Nostoc spp.
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Assunto principal:
Toxinas Bacterianas
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Microbiologia da Água
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Sequências Repetitivas de Ácido Nucleico
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Sondas de Oligonucleotídeos
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Cianobactérias
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En
Ano de publicação:
1995
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Article