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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, p. 3269-3273, Vol. 74, No. 10
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02240-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Ecological Dynamics of the Toxic Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa and Its Cyanophages in Freshwater{triangledown}

Mitsuhiro Yoshida,1 Takashi Yoshida,1* Aki Kashima,1 Yukari Takashima,1 Naohiko Hosoda,1 Keizo Nagasaki,2 and Shingo Hiroishi1

Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Gakuencho 1-1, Obama City, Fukui 917-0003, Japan,1 National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0452, Japan2

Received 2 October 2007/ Accepted 28 February 2008

The abundance of potentially Microcystis aeruginosa-infectious cyanophages in freshwater was studied using g91 real-time PCR. A clear increase in cyanophage abundance was observed when M. aeruginosa numbers declined, showing that these factors were significantly negatively correlated. Furthermore, our data suggested that cyanophage dynamics may also affect shifts in microcystin-producing and non-microcystin-producing populations.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Gakuencho 1-1, Obama City, Fukui 917-0003, Japan. Phone: 81-770-52-6300. Fax: 81-770-52-6003. E-mail: yoshiten{at}fpu.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 March 2008.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, p. 3269-3273, Vol. 74, No. 10
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02240-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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