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Project #4060

Are There More Toxin Genes Than Toxic Cyanobacteria? Implications for Enumeration, Toxicity, and Bloom Formation

$261,671
Completed
Principal Investigator
Paul
Monis
Research Manager
Ms. Maureen Hodgins
Contractor
Water Research Australia Limited
Cyanobacteria & Cyanotoxins
Nutrients
Final Report

Abstract

This research investigated the toxin gene number, the distribution of these genes, and the chromosomal content in two toxic cyanobacteria, and determined whether chromosome copy number is variable and under what circumstances. The report also provides information on the mechanisms controlling toxin production and helps establish whether use of real-time molecular detection systems may be extended to enumeration of problematic microbes. Research partner: Water Quality Research Australia. Published in 2012.