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∞ This study was supported by grant MOP-81201 from the Canadian Institute for Health Research. # Supported by a doctoral fellowship from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center. * To whom all correspondence should be addressed at: McGill University Health Center Royal Victoria Hospital, Room H6.25 687 Pine Ave. W., Montreal, QC., Canada H3A 1A1 Telephone: (514) 934-1934 (E...

Roles of nutrients and other environmental variables in development of cyanobacterial bloom and its toxicity are complex and not well understood. We have monitored the photoautotrophic growth, total microcystin concentration, and microcystins synthetase gene (mcyA) expression in lab-grown strains of Microcystis NIES 843 (reference strain), KW (Wangsong Reservoir, South Korea), and Durgakund (Va...