Screening the toxicity and toxin content of blooms of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehrenberg) in northeast Brazil

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-215

  Proença, Luís Antônio De Oliveira ^a   Tamanaha, M S ^a   Fonseca, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bloom; Harmful algae; Microcystin; Saxitoxin; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; MICROCYSTIN; SAXITOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINOIDEA; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 67649604317     PISSN: 16789199     EISSN: 16789199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-91992009000200004     Document Type: Article

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