Dinoflagellate Alexandrium leei (Dinophyceae) from Singapore coastal waters produces a water-soluble ichthyotoxin

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-549

  Tang, Ying Zhong ^a,b   Kong, Lesheng ^a   Holmes, Michael James ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; PHYLOGENETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALEXANDRIUM LEEI; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; LATES CALCARIFER; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 33845599965     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0396-z     Document Type: Article

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