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Alexandrium tamarense; Gonyaulax; coasts; light microscopy; liquid chromatography; plankton; shellfish; tandem mass spectrometry; Nova Scotia
Abstract:
... A suite of biologically active compounds, fast-acting toxins called spirolides, were recently isolated and characterized from shellfish and plankton samples collected from southeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. Circumstantial evidence from natural plankton assemblages has linked spirolides to gonyaulacoid dinoflagellates, particularly athecate cells (GB-42) that are derived from motile stages from this ...
... Microalgal species growing in marine and aquaculture environments can be responsible for harmful events because of their ability to produce potent natural toxins that can accumulate in edible mollusc species. Their consumption can cause severe illness and even be lethal. The European Union provides comprehensive regulations covering various general food safety aspects to manage the risk of contami ...
... Lipophilic marine toxins in shellfish pose significant threats to the health of seafood consumers. To assess the contamination status of shellfish by lipophilic marine toxins in the Bohai Sea, nine species of shellfish periodically collected from five representative aquaculture zones throughout a year were analyzed with a method of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). Lipophi ...
... The Benguela Current in the Atlantic is one of the four major upwelling systems on the Eastern boundary of the world ocean. Thus the coastal regions off Namibia are prone to high primary productivity that can lead to Harmful Algae Blooms as this nutrient rich water reaches the euphotic zone. Yessotoxins (YTXs) produced by G. spinifera were detected in Namibian phytoplankton field samples in 2011. ...
Danio rerio; Gonyaulax; biomass; hydroxylation; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; solvents; toxicity; yessotoxin
Abstract:
... Liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) analysis of a Namibian strain of Gonyaulax spinifera showed the presence of a number of yessotoxins (YTXs). Principal among these were YTX (1), homoYTX (2), and a tentative hydroxylated analogue that did not correspond to any previously confirmed YTX structures. Culturing the G. spinifera strain afforded sufficient biomass for purif ...
Argopecten purpuratus; Dinophysis acuminata; Gonyaulax; azaspiracid; coastal water; coasts; dinophysistoxins; food safety; hepatopancreas; lipophilicity; liquid chromatography; monitoring; okadaic acid; phytoplankton; poisonous algae; scallops; shellfish; tandem mass spectrometry; yessotoxin; Peru
Abstract:
... Some harmful algal blooms produce lipophilic marine biotoxins (LMTs) such as okadaic acid (OA; and its analogs dinophysistoxins [DTXs]), yessotoxins (YTXs), pectenotoxins (PTXs), and azaspiracids (AZAs), all of which may accumulate in filter-feeding bivalve mollusks. European health regulations stipulate a limit of 160 μg/kg for OA or DTXs, PTXs, and AZAs and 3.75 mg/kg for YTXs. Argopecten purpur ...
Gonyaulax; algology; genes; germination; liquid chromatography; new species; phylogeny; tandem mass spectrometry; yessotoxin; New Zealand; South Korea
Abstract:
... The taxonomy of the extant dinoflagellate genus Gonyaulax is challenging since its thecate morphology is rather conservative. In contrast, cysts of Gonyaulax are varied in morphology and have been related with the fossil‐based genera Spiniferites and Impagidinium. To better understand the systematics of Gonyaulax species, we performed germination experiments on cysts that can be identified as S. r ...