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Youchul Jeon1,2, Ian Struewing2, Kyle McIntosh1,2

  • 1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.

Toxins
|February 23, 2024
PubMed
概括

有害的蓝藻细菌繁殖 (HCB) 是一个全球性的威胁. 这项研究在美国城市湖泊中发现了saxitoxin (STX) 基因,确定了*Aphanizomenon*和*Dolichospermum*作为关键的STX生产者.

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