PloS oneCiguatoxinsDinoflagellidaAnimalsCiguatera PoisoningFishes
Risk of ciguatoxins is shaped by Gambierdiscus community structure.
Kirsty F Smith, Lesley L Rhodes, Belinda Curley, Arjun Verma, Gurjeet Kohli, David Tim Harwood, James Sam Murray, Jérôme Viallon, Hélène Taiana Darius, Mireille Chinain, Teina Rongo, June Hosking, Phoebe A Argyle, Jacqui Stuart, Shauna A Murray
Published: 202610.1371/journal.pone.0341899
Abstract
Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are produced by marine microbial eukaryotes (Gambierdiscus/Fukuyoa, Dinophyta: Alveolata) that live epiphytically on macroalgae and other substrates. When CTXs accumulate in seafood they cause Ciguatera Poisoning (CP), which affect…
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