title: Ecological dynamics of the toxic bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa and its cyanophages in freshwater.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Gakuencho 1-1, Obama City, Fukui 917-0003, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hiroishi
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry / Q000821:virology*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D052998:Microcystins / Q000032:analysis; D046931:Microcystis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D052998:Microcystins; C078588:microcystin