TABLE 2.
Morphologica and toxicological properties of Nodularia isolates
| Strain | Mean dimensions (SD) of:
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Gas vesicles | Nodularin productionb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetative cells (n = 30)
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Heterocytes (n = 30)
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Akinetes (n = 15)
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| Length | Width | Length | Width | Length | Width | |||
| Hübel 1988/306a | 3.6 (0.7) | 7.7 (0.5) | 5.1 (0.8) | 8.6 (0.9) | 8.3 (0.8) | 10.2 (0.9) | + | + |
| Hübel 1988/306b | 3.3 (0.6) | 10.2 (1.2) | 4.6 (0.8) | 11.0 (0.8) | 6.9 (1.4) | 9.5 (0.8) | + | + |
| Hübel 1987/310 | 3.6 (0.7) | 9.3 (1.3) | 5.1 (0.7) | 10.4 (1.5) | 5.0 (0.9) | 8.5 (1.0) | + | + |
| Hübel 1987/311 | 3.4 (0.9) | 6.8 (0.9) | 5.2 (0.8) | 8.6 (0.8) | 5.3 (1.8) | 10.1 (0.9) | + | + |
| NSPI-05 | 3.4 (0.7) | 12.3 (1.0) | 5.1 (0.7) | 13.0 (1.3) | 5.9 (1.2) | 10.8 (0.8) | + | + |
| NSOR-12 | 3.4 (0.4) | 7.8 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.8) | 8.1 (0.7) | 6.8 (1.3) | 8.9 (0.6) | + | + |
| GR8b | 3.4 (0.6) | 9.5 (1.1) | 4.9 (0.6) | 10.5 (0.9) | 6.9 (1.8) | 9.8 (0.5) | + | + |
| BY1 | 3.9 (0.7) | 5.7 (0.2) | 4.8 (0.9) | 7.0 (0.8) | 5.7 (1.4) | 8.0 (0.5) | −(+) | + |
| F81 | 3.9 (0.8) | 6.8 (0.6) | 6.6 (0.9) | 7.1 (1.0) | 7.8 (0.8) | 8.7 (1.4) | + | + |
| AV3 | 5.0 (1.3) | 7.3 (0.8) | 7.6 (0.8) | 7.9 (1.0) | 8.1 (0.7) | 8.4 (0.9) | + | + |
| AV63 | 3.6 (0.8) | 8.1 (0.5) | 5.1 (0.8) | 8.4 (0.7) | 8.4 (2.5) | 9.7 (3.3) | + | + |
| HEM | 4.4 (1.0) | 6.5 (0.7) | 6.4 (0.9) | 6.4 (0.8) | 7.3 (1.0) | 7.8 (0.6) | −(+) | + |
| UP16a | 6.5 (2.0) | 8.1 (0.6) | 6.4 (0.9) | 8.3 (0.6) | 9.2 (1.9) | 10.1 (1.8) | − | − |
| UP16f | 5.2 (1.3) | 7.8 (0.6) | 5.9 (0.5) | 8.4 (0.3) | 9.9 (1.4) | 9.9 (1.4) | − | − |
| HKVV | 5.6 (1.1) | 7.7 (0.8) | 6.3 (0.9) | 8.1 (0.5) | 9.0 (1.5) | 10.5 (1.7) | − | − |
| PCC73104/1 | 6.2 (0.9) | 7.8 (1.8) | 5.7 (0.9) | 8.1 (0.8) | 7.5 (1.0) | 8.4 (0.7) | − | − |
| Hübel 1983/300 | 2.7 (0.2) | 6.4 (1.0) | 6.4 (1.1) | 7.4 (1.2) | 6.1 (0.7) | 6.6 (0.6) | − | − |
| PCC7804 | 4.4 (1.1) | 7.5 (0.9) | 4.8 (0.9) | 7.6 (0.8) | 8.7 (2.0) | 8.9 (0.7) | − | + |
a
Mean dimensions of the different cell types and the presence (+) or absence (−) of gas vacuoles are given. In strains BY1 and HEM, gas vacuoles were no longer found [−(+)].
b
Nodularin production (+) or nontoxicity (−) of Nodularia strains.