[en] This invention is related to a method for detecting toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria. The method comprises that nucleic acid from a biological sample is brought into contact with an oligonucleotide designed to be specific for the mcy gene, in particular mcyE and/or mcyD, and with an oligonucleotide designed to be specific for 16SrDNA, and the presence or absence of toxic cyanobacteria is detected by a suitable molecular biology method. The invention is related also to oligonucleotides used in the method.
Research Center/Unit :
InBios-Centre for Protein Engineering
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Inventor :
Sivonen, Kaarina
Rantala, Anne
Rouhiainen, Leo
Fewer, David
Rajaniemi, Pirjo
Wilmotte, Annick ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Boutte, Christophe
Grubisic, Stana ; Université de Liège > Protection et hygiène du travail (SUPHT)
Balthasart, Pierre ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution
