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Table 1 Chemical variants of microcystin detected in LC-MS/MS analyses

From: Convergent evolution of [D-Leucine1] microcystin-LR in taxonomically disparate cyanobacteria

Microcystin variant

[M+H]+(m/z)

Microcystis aeruginosa NPLJ-4

Microcystis sp. RST9501

Nostoc sp. UK89IIa

Phormidium sp. CENA270

[Leu1]MC-LR

1037

76

76

96

31

[Leu1, Asp3]MC-LR

1023

19

<1

2

18

[Met1]MC-LR

1055

1

18

-

-

[Met1, Asp3]MC-LR

1041

2

-

-

-

[Leu1, Dha7]MC-LR

1023

1

-

1

-

[Leu1]MC-HilR

1051

-

3

-

-

[Leu1]MC-HphR

1085

-

-

2

-

[Leu1]MC-LHar

1051

-

-

-

7

[Leu1]MC-RR

1080

-

-

-

31

[Leu1, Asp3]MC-RR

1066

-

-

-

13

  1. Values given as the percentage of relative area of the peaks in the protonated molecular ion chromatograms for the main microcystins variants produced by the studied strain. Hil, homoisoleucine. Hph, homophenylalanine. Har, homoarginine.
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