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. 2020 Oct 1;9(40):e00959-20.
doi: 10.1128/MRA.00959-20.

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Bacterial Isolates That Degrade the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin-LR

Alexander T McCartney  1 , Ji-Youn Yeo  2 , Thomas M Blomquist  2 , Jason F Huntley  3
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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Bacterial Isolates That Degrade the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin-LR

Alexander T McCartney et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

We previously demonstrated that 13 bacterial isolates from Lake Erie, when grown in groups of four to five isolates per group, degraded the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin-LR (MC-LR) into nontoxic fragments. Whole-genome sequencing of these bacteria was performed to provide genus and species information and to predict putative MC-LR-degrading genes.

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