Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cyanobacteria and Their Produced Toxins
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Cyanobacteria
1.2. Cyanotoxins
2. Molecular Studies in Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins
3. Phylogeny Studies in Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins
3.1. Genetic Markers
Genetic marker | Taxonomy | Phylogenetic | Phylogeography | Evolution | Biogeography |
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PC-IGS | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
ftsZ | √ | ||||
glnA | √ | ||||
gltX | √ | ||||
gyrB | √ | ||||
pgi | √ | ||||
recA | √ | ||||
tpi | √ | ||||
16S-23S ITS1-L | √ | √ | |||
16S-23S ITS1-S | √ | ||||
rpoB | √ | ||||
rpoC1 | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
nifH | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
nifD | √ | ||||
16 rRNA | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
16S-23S ITS | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
rbcLX | √ | ||||
hetR | √ | ||||
psbA | √ | ||||
rbcL | √ | ||||
rbcS | √ |
3.2. Taxonomic Studies
3.3. Phylogenetic Studies
3.4. Evolutionary Studies
3.5. Phylogeographic Studies
4. Biogeography Studies in Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Moreira C, Vasconcelos V, Antunes A. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cyanobacteria and Their Produced Toxins. Marine Drugs. 2013; 11(11):4350-4369. https://doi.org/10.3390/md11114350
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoreira, Cristiana, Vitor Vasconcelos, and Agostinho Antunes. 2013. "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cyanobacteria and Their Produced Toxins" Marine Drugs 11, no. 11: 4350-4369. https://doi.org/10.3390/md11114350