Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts
of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents …

Various species of algae can produce marine toxins under certain circumstances. These
toxins can then accumulate in shellfish such as mussels, oysters and scallops. When these …

Dinoroseobacter shibae DFL12T, a member of the globally important marine Roseobacter
clade, comprises symbionts of cosmopolitan marine microalgae, including toxic …

The last few years have brought about many changes in the field of marine and freshwater
toxins, with advances in analytical technology and the realization that these toxins are a …

Yessotoxin (YTX) is a marine polyether toxin that was first isolated in 1986 from the scallop
Patinopecten yessoensis. Subsequently, it was reported that YTX is produced by the …

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) is a specific type of food poisoning, characterized by
severe gastrointestinal illness due to the ingestion of filter feeding bivalves contaminated …

Covering: up to the end of 2005 Marine natural products isolated from organisms collected
from cold-water habitats are described. Emphasis is on bioactive compounds from tunicates …

In late summer and early autumn 2022, an intense bloom of Protoceratium reticulatum—the
main yessotoxin (YTX) producer along Chilean coasts and a major threat to artisanal …

The neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), produced by cyanobacteria and
diatoms, has been implicated as an environmental risk factor for neurodegenerative …

Fast-acting cyclic imines belonging to the pinnatoxin and pteriatoxin group of toxins were
originally identified in shellfish of the genera Pinna and Pteria in Japan, after food poisoning …