TABLE 1.

Microcystis species and strains used to test primer and TaqMan probe sensitivity and specificity (HUB524), to monitor DNA content over the growth cycle (HUB524), and to compare amplification efficiencies of individual strains

Organism	Isolation date	Geographic origin	mcyB
HUB524a	1977	Pehlitzsee, Brandenburg, Germany	+
PCC7806	1972	Braakman Reservoir, The Netherlands	+
W368a	1995	Wannsee	+
W334a	1995	Wannsee	+
M. aeruginosab	1982	Neusiedler See, Austria	+
HUB53a	1977	Pehlitzsee	−
W75a	1995	Wannsee	−
M. flos-aquaeb	1982	Neusiedler See	−
W61a	1995	Wannsee	−
P461a	1997	Pehlitzsee	−

^aKindly provided by M. Henning, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

^bKindly provided by E. Kusel-Fetzmann, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.