Table 1. Fraction of toxin-producing cyanobacterial cells of total (expressed toxicity) and total number of toxin producing cyanobacteria (medians ± standard deviations).
Temperature | % toxin-producing cells | Number of toxin producing cells *105 per ml | |
Toxic strain axenic | 20°C | 70.0±3.8 | 3.9±0.4 |
26°C | 66.1±2.1 | 4.2±1.4 | |
32°C | 20.6±3.2 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | |
Toxic strain with heterotrophic lake bacteria | 20°C | 70.0±1.5 | 2.7±0.4 |
26°C | 61.3±3.4 | 5.0±0.7 | |
32°C | 30.9±3.4 | 7.2±0.9 | |
Toxic and non-toxic strains, axenic | 20°C | 59.8±4.1 | 16 ±2 |
26°C | 35.4±14.9 | 12 ±4 | |
32°C | 24.8±2.1 | 11 ±8 |