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Iron-stimulated toxin production in Microcystis aeruginosa
1Department of Environmental Medicine, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
Nitrate- and phosphate-limited conditions had no effect on toxin production by Microcystis aeruginosa. In contrast, iron-limited conditions influenced toxin production by M. aeruginosa, and iron uptake was light dependent. A model for production of toxin by M. aeruginosa is proposed.