Marine Drugs, 2018 The sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla (Toxopneustidae, Echinoids) is a source of protein for many islanders in the Indo-West Pacific. It was previously reported to occasionally cause ciguatera-like poisoning; however, the exact nature of the causative ...
Hélène Taiana Darius +10 more
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Morphology of Gambierdiscus excentricus (Dinophyceae) with emphasis on sulcal plates [PDF]
, 2015 Gambierdiscus excentricus is an epibenthic dinoflagellate able to produce ciguatoxin and maitotoxin-like compounds that are responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning. Morphological descriptions and molecular characterization of two G.
Aligizaki K. +11 more
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HIGH BIOMAS BLOOMS CAUSING FISH KILLS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS [PDF]
, 2023 Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have significant impacts on food safety and security through contamination or mass mortalities of aquatic organisms. Indeed, if not properly controlled, aquatic products contaminated with HAB biotoxins are responsible for ...
Cembella, Allan
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Ciguatoxin occurrence in food-web components of a Cuban Coral Reef Ecosystem: Risk-assessment implications [PDF]
, 2019 In Cuba, ciguatera poisoning associated with fish consumption is the most commonly occurring non-bacterial seafood-borne illness. Risk management through fish market regulation has existed in Cuba for decades and consists of bans on selected species ...
Alonso-Hernández, Carlos M. +12 more
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Phenotypic diversity within two toxic dinoflagellate genera : environmental and transcriptomic studies of species diversity in Alexandrium and Gambierdiscus [PDF]
, 2016 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2016Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of single-celled ...
Pitz, Kathleen
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Identical Ciguatoxin-3C group profiles in Lutjanus bohar from the Pacific and Indian Oceans - indicating the need to re-evaluate geographical CTX classifications [PDF]
, 2022 Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are a group of marine biotoxins, consisting of over 30 different congeners that can contaminate marine food webs. Generally, the molecular structures among the known congeners are variable by geographical region (i.e., ocean basin) and
Astrid Spielmeyer +3 more
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Development of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for detecting ciguatoxin-producing microalgae
Frontiers in ProtistologyThe seafood illness, ciguatera poisoning (CP) is a significant public health concern in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In Japan, CP is particularly prevalent in Okinawa Prefecture, where is the subtropical region of Japan, due to the ...
Shota Ohara +7 more
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Contribution to the risk assessment of ciguatera poisoning in europe (the balearic and Canary Islands and Madeira archipelago) [PDF]
, 2021 Actualment, la intoxicació alimentaria de la ciguatera (CP) es considera una malaltia emergent a les zones temperades d'Europa. La present tesi contribueix a l'avaluació del risc d'intoxicació per ciguatera a les Illes Balears (Mediterrània Occidental),
Tudó Casanova, Àngels
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Development and validation of PCR-RFLP assay for identification of Gambierdiscus species in the Greater Caribbean region [PDF]
, 2016 The genus Gambierdiscus is a recognized group of marine epiphytic-benthic dinoflagellates that produce the toxins that cause Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP).
Lozano-Duque, Yesid
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Epibenthic harmful marine dinoflagellates from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), with special reference to the ciguatoxin-producing Gambierdiscus [PDF]
, 2020 The relationship between the ciguatoxin-producer benthic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus and other epibenthic dinoflagellates in the Canary Islands was examined in macrophyte samples obtained from two locations of Fuerteventura Island in September 2016. The
Afonso Carrillo, Julio +3 more
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