Distribution and habitat specificity of potentially-toxic Microcystis across climate, land and water use gradients.

Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a growing threat to freshwater bodies worldwide. In order for a toxic bloom to occur, a population of cells with the genetic capacity to produce toxins must be present together with the appropriate environmental conditions. In this study, we investigated the distribut...

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Main Authors: Sophi eMarmen, Dikla eMan-Aharonovich, Michal eGrossowicz, Lior eBlank, Yosef eYacobi, Daniel Jonathan Sher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00271/full