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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, p. 5083-5085, Vol. 72, No. 7
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00312-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Diversity of Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria in Spatially Isolated Regions of Lake Erie

Johanna M. Rinta-Kanto and Steven W. Wilhelm*

Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Received 8 February 2006/ Accepted 21 April 2006

The diversity of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in the western basin of Lake Erie was studied using sequence analysis of mcyA gene fragments. Distinct populations of potentially toxic Microcystis and Planktothrix were found in spatially isolated locations. This study highlights previously undocumented diversity of potentially toxic cyanobacteria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. Phone: (865) 974-0665. Fax: (865) 974-4007. E-mail: wilhelm{at}utk.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, p. 5083-5085, Vol. 72, No. 7
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00312-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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