Active role of the mucilage in the toxicity mechanism of the harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata

Harmful Algae

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-53

  Giussani, V ^a   Sbrana, F ^b   Asnaghi, V ^a,c   Vassalli, M ^b   Faimali, M ^b   Casabianca, S ^c,d   Penna, A ^c,d   Ciminiello, P ^e   Dell'Aversano, C ^e   Tartaglione, L ^e   Mazzeo, A ^e   Chiantore, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CoNISMa Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Marine Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Benthic dinoflagellates; Harmful algal blooms; Mucous; Ostreopsis ovata; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARTEMIA SALINA; DINOPHYCEAE; OSTREOPSIS; OSTREOPSIS OVATA;

EID: 84930061282     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: 18781470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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