An investigation of the toxin of Microcystis aeruginosa : effects of varying the concentration of selected salts upon toxicity and the effects of the toxin on some physiological parameters.

Microcystis aeruginosa, a blue-green alga, is the agent responsible for fatal poisonings of a variety of animals following ingestion of water containing large numbers of this species. The waterblooms were of varying toxicity ranging from nontoxic to those having a mouse LD₁₀₀ of 40 mg/kg. Studies ha...

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Main Author:	Brown, Patricia Jeanne
Other Authors:	Davis, R. H. (degree committee member.), Foster, B. G. (degree committee member.), Hidalgo, R. J. (degree committee member.), Krise, George M. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.], 1974.
Subjects:	Major microbiology. Academic theses.
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy