Table 1 Number of isolated Planktothrix rubescens filaments, percentage of PCR-positive filaments, and percentage of mutations
| Â | Filament number | Positive Entry PCR (%) | Characteristics of filaments | Mutations within the mcy gene cluster (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average (min, max) length (μm) | Average (min, max) cell numbera | MC synthesis not inactivated | Inactivation of MC synthesis | ||||||||
mcyTD insertion | mcyEG insertion | Short mcyA variant | mcyD insertion | mcyA insertion | mcyD deletion | mcyHA deletion | |||||
Mondsee (AT) | |||||||||||
 Mar 2012 | 105 | 95.2 | 1356 (484, 2574) | 435 (155, 825) | 5.7 | 3.4 | 81.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 |
 Jun 2012 | 108 | 92.6 | 1251 (506, 2222) | 401 (162, 712) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 67.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 3.0 |
 Sep 2012 | 102 | 98 | 1653 (990, 2618) | 530 (317, 839) | 27.0 | 1.0 | 44.8 | 0 | 0 | 19.4 | 7.3 |
 Apr 2013 | 107 | 93.4 | 1392 (748, 2354) | 446 (240, 754) | 13.1 | 0 | 53.3 | 1.0 | 0 | 18.0 | 7.1 |
Other lakes | |||||||||||
 Wörthersee (AT) | 136 | 73.5 | 2200 (858, 6600) | 705 (275, 2115) | 18.4 | 36.0 | 67.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
 Zürichsee (CH) | 121 | 82.6 | 1032 (440, 1738) | 331 (141, 557) | 25.3 | 9.0 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
 Hallwilersee (CH) | 120 | 83.3 | 1555 (704, 2772) | 498 (226, 888) | 42.6 | 5.3 | 82.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ammersee (DE) | 115 | 87 | 1444 (638, 2420) | 463 (204, 775) | 37.6 | 4.2 | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Total | 914 | 87.5 | 1479 (440, 6600) | 474 (141, 2115) | 20.6 | 7.5 | 59 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 2.6 |