Ecological dynamics of the toxic bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa and its cyanophages in freshwater.
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.
Yoshida
Mitsuhiro
M
Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Gakuencho 1-1, Obama City, Fukui 917-0003, Japan.
Yoshida
Takashi
T
Kashima
Aki
A
Takashima
Yukari
Y
Hosoda
Naohiko
N
Nagasaki
Keizo
K
Hiroishi
Shingo
S
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
D004279:DNA, Viral; D052998:Microcystins; C078588:microcystin