title: Microcystin producing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. BHU001 from a pond in India.
abstract: The cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. BHU001 is a new isolate from a pond in India. The cyanobacterium produces more than ten peptides including five microcystin (MC) variants, MC-LR, -WR, -AR, -LA and methylated MC-LR, and a new peptide similar to cyanopeptolin. Total MC content determined by ELISA was 25.2 microg g(-1) dry wt of the cyanobacterium, dominated by MC-LR (54%). This is the first report of MC producing Nostoc strain from India.
authors: Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, UP, India.
authors: Rakhi
authors: R
authors: Bajpai
authors: Naveen K
authors: NK
authors: Sharma
authors: Linda A
authors: LA
authors: Lawton
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Edwards
authors: Ashwani K
authors: AK
authors: Rai
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007194:India; D052998:Microcystins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D046937:Nostoc / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052998:Microcystins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C078588:microcystin