Gymnodinium catenatum toxins

Abbreviatirais used are, LTX Lyngbya wollei toxin, GC Gymnodinium catenatum toxin. 

Several species of dinoflagellate, such as Alexandrium tamarense (Prakash, 1967), Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum (Harada et al., 1982) and Gymnodinium catenatum (Oshima et al., 1993) are known to transmit their toxins to shellfish. 

Oshima, Y., Blackburn, S.I., Hallegraeff, G.M., 1993. Comparative study on paralytic shellfish toxin profiles of the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum from three different countries. Mar. Biol, 116 471 176. 

Oshima, Y, et al., Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum as the source of paralytic shellfish toxins in Tasmanian shellfish, Toxicon, 25, 1105, 1987. 

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