Lack of Phylogeographic Structure in the Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Suggests Global Dispersal

• Ineke van Gremberghe,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Frederik Leliaert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frederik Leliaert, Joachim Mergeay

  Affiliation Phycology Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Joachim Mergeay ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frederik Leliaert, Joachim Mergeay

  Affiliations Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium

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• Pieter Vanormelingen,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Katleen Van der Gucht,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Ann-Eline Debeer,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Gissell Lacerot,

  Affiliations Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Facultad de Ciencias, Sección Limnología, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Luc De Meester,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Wim Vyverman

  * E-mail: Wim.Vyverman@ugent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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