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. 2009 Apr;53(5):587-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.01.023.

Microcystin producing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. BHU001 from a pond in India

Rakhi Bajpai  1 , Naveen K Sharma, Linda A Lawton, Christine Edwards, Ashwani K Rai
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Microcystin producing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. BHU001 from a pond in India

Rakhi Bajpai et al. Toxicon. 2009 Apr.

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.

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