EVIDENCE FOR PRODUCTION OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXINS BY BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH ALEXANDRIUM SPP (DINOPHYTA) IN CULTURE

Authors
GALLACHER S FLYNN KJ FRANCO JM BRUEGGEMANN EE HINES HB
Citation
S. Gallacher et al., EVIDENCE FOR PRODUCTION OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXINS BY BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH ALEXANDRIUM SPP (DINOPHYTA) IN CULTURE, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(1), 1997, pp. 239-245
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
239 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:1<239:EFPOPS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A substantial proportion of bacteria from five Alexandrium cultures or iginally isolated from various countries produced sodium channel block ing (SCB) toxins, as ascertained by mouse neuroblastoma assay. The qua ntities of SCB toxins produced by bacteria and dinoflagellates were no ted, and the limitations in comparing the toxicities of these two orga nisms are discussed. The chemical nature of the SCB toxins in selected bacterial isolates was determined as paralytic shellfish toxins by pr e- and postcolumn high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary el ectrophoresis-mass spectrometry, and enzyme immunoassay.