Chez les diatomées du genre Pseudo-nitzschia, certaines espèces produisent une neurotoxine, l’acide domoïque responsable chez l’homme d’intoxications amnésiantes suite à la consommation de mollusques contaminés. En Baie de Seine, la variabilité interannuelle de ces efflorescences toxiques, qui provoquent certaines années des fermetures de zones de ...
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Diatoms are prominent eukaryotic phytoplankton despite being limited by the micronutrient iron in vast expanses of the ocean. As iron inputs are often sporadic, diatoms have evolved mechanisms such as the ability to store iron that enable them to bloom when iron is resupplied and then persist when low iron levels are reinstated. Two iron storage me...
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology
Parasites are key drivers of phytoplankton bloom dynamics and related aquatic ecosystem processes. Yet, the dearth of morphological and molecular information hinders the assessment of their diversity and ecological role. Using single-cell techniques, we characterise morphologically and molecularly, intracellular parasitoids infecting four potential...
Published in Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology
Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries is a diatom species associated with the production of domoic acid (DA), a water soluble neurotoxin that is easily transferred up in the food web, causing devastating effects on top marine organisms and humans. Despite studies on Pseudo-nitzschia are relevant to human health safety, partitioning of marine toxins between ...
Published in Harmful algae
In the spring of 2015, a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) of the toxin-producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia occurred on the U.S. West Coast, resulting in the largest recorded outbreak of the toxin domoic acid and causing fisheries closures. Closures extended into 2016 and generated an economic shock for coastal fishing communities. This study examine...
Published in Journal of plankton research
Harmful bloom-forming algae include some of the most prolific microbial producers of extracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the taxonomic diversity of ROS production, the underlying physiological mechanisms and ecophysiological roles of ROS cycling are not completely characterized among phytoplankton taxa that form harmful algal bloo...
Published in Russian Journal of Marine Biology
AbstractInformation on diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia, known as producers of domoic acid (DA), from the North Pacific is summarized. The differences in the negative impact of toxic diatoms on ecosystems in the western and eastern North Pacific are shown. The possible causes that determine the degree of these different impacts are discussed: ...
Published in Harmful algae
A field study was undertaken to investigate the occurrence and toxin production of species in the diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia in Namibian waters, in the extremely productive Benguela upwelling system. From surveys conducted on the R/V Mirabilis and the R/V !Anichab, 52 strains were morphologically determined to species level, supported by nuclear...
Published in Russian Journal of Marine Biology
A total of 15 Pseudo-nitzschia strains isolated from Russian coastal waters of the Sea of Japan were identified using light and electron microscopy and phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal genes. Pseudo-nitzschia species are known to be potential producers of neurotoxiс domoic acid and cause blooms. Phylogenetic analysis of LSU and ITS1-5,8SrDNA-ITS2...
