Paralytic shellfish toxins are restricted to few species among Australia's taxonomic diversity of cultured microalgae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 663-667

  Negri, Andrew ^a   Llewellyn, Lyndon ^a   Doyle, Jason ^a   Webster, Nicole ^a   Frampton, Dion ^b   Blackburn, Susan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Microalgae; Paralytic shellfish toxin; Saxitoxin; Screen

Indexed keywords

MICROALGA; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOXIN;

AUSTRALIA;

ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ANABAENA CIRCINALIS; CATENELLA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM;

EID: 0041563995     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02131.x     Document Type: Article

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