The research team found a
cyanobacterium called Dolichospermum in the central basin during early-season blooms in July This
cyanobacterium is capable of producing a toxin that can attack the central nervous system in humans, and the researchers found genetic evidence that the bloom has the potential for the neurotoxin.
Fujita, Oxygen Sensitivity of a Nitrogenase-Like Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the
Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana.
This strain showed higher growth rate compared to the other cultures ([mu] = 0.0296[h-.sup.1]), while the
cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp.
Heyer H, Stal LJ, Krumbein WE (1989) Simultaneous heterolactic and acetate fermentation in the marine
cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limosa incubated anaerobically in the dark.
Lyngbya majuscula, a benthic marine
cyanobacterium, is known to produce toxins, such as debromoaplysiatoxin and lyngbyatoxin, and to cause acute dermal lesions among swimmers (Nagai et al.
There was a clear positive relationship (r = 0.59; n = 41; P < 0.05) between the concentration of microcystin and the biovolume of cyanobacteria, indicating the influence of the
cyanobacterium Microcystis spp.
Glutathione synthetase gshB gene in the
cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp PCC 7942 encodes a functional glutathione synthetase [11], the gshB gene includes an open reading frame of 969 nucleotides, which encodes a polypeptide of 323 amino acid residues with an approximate molecular mass of 35 kDa.
Effect of salinity on growth and toxin production in cultures of the bloom-forming
cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena from Australian waters.