Biosensors for the monitoring of harmful algal blooms

DA McPartlin, JH Loftus, AS Crawley, J Silke… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Harmful algal blooms (HABs) cause environmental damage and healthcare
issues.•Current HAB monitoring involves laborious laboratory-based analysis.•Biosensors …

Production of BMAA and DAB by diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros sp., Chaetoceros calcitrans and, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and bacteria …

D Réveillon, V Séchet, P Hess, Z Amzil - Harmful Algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Microalgae have previously been reported to contain β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA),
and the global presence of these primary producers has been associated with the …

Amphidoma languida (Amphidomatacea, Dinophyceae) with a novel azaspiracid toxin profile identified as the cause of molluscan contamination at the Atlantic coast …

U Tillmann, D Jaén, L Fernández, M Gottschling, M Witt… - Harmful Algae, 2017 - Elsevier
Azaspiracids (AZA) are a group of food poisoning phycotoxins that are known to accumulate
in shellfish. They are produced by some species of the planktonic dinophycean taxon …

Morphological and molecular characterization of three new Azadinium species (Amphidomataceae, Dinophyceae) from the Irminger Sea

U Tillmann, M Gottschling, E Nézan, B Krock, G Bilien - Protist, 2014 - Elsevier
Some species of the planktonic dinoflagellate genus Azadinium produce azaspiracids
(AZAs), a group of lipophilic phycotoxins causing human poisoning after mussel …

Variability and profiles of lipophilic toxins in bivalves from Great Britain during five and a half years of monitoring: Azaspiracids and yessotoxins

M Dhanji-Rapkova, A O'Neill, BH Maskrey, L Coates… - Harmful Algae, 2019 - Elsevier
Cefas has been responsible for the delivery of official control biotoxin testing of bivalve
molluscs from Great Britain for just over a decade. Liquid chromatography tandem mass …

High abundance of Amphidomataceae (Dinophyceae) during the 2015 spring bloom of the Argentinean Shelf and a new, non-toxigenic ribotype of Azadinium …

U Tillmann, M Gottschling, B Krock, KF Smith… - Harmful algae, 2019 - Elsevier
Azaspiracids (AZA) are the most recently discovered group of lipophilic marine biotoxins of
microalgal origin, and associated with human incidents of shellfish poisoning. They are …

AZA: the producing organisms–biology and trophic transfer

U Tillmann, R Salas, T Jauffrais… - … and Freshwater Toxins …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Compared to the knowledge on toxin structure, detection methods, and toxicology,
convincing clarification of the etiology of azaspiracid poisoning (AZP) was seriously lacking …

Toxigenic strains of Azadinium poporum (Amphidomataceae, Dinophyceae) from Japan and Vietnam, with first reports of A. poporum (ribotype A) and A. trinitatum in …

K Takahashi, WM Lum, G Benico… - Phycological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology and phylogeny of small armored dinoflagellate Azadinium species isolated from
Japanese and Vietnamese coasts were examined by light microscopy, scanning electron …

Metabarcoding revealed a high diversity of Amphidomataceae (Dinophyceae) and the seasonal distribution of their toxigenic species in the Taiwan Strait

M Liu, U Tillmann, G Ding, A Wang, H Gu - Harmful Algae, 2023 - Elsevier
The dinophyte family Amphidomataceae includes the genera Azadinium and Amphidoma.
Four of these species are known to produce azaspiracids, which are lipophilic phycotoxins …

Occurrence and distribution of Amphidomataceae (Dinophyceae) in Danish coastal waters of the North Sea, the Limfjord and the Kattegat/Belt area

S Wietkamp, B Krock, H Gu, D Voß, K Klemm… - Harmful Algae, 2019 - Elsevier
Some species of the dinophytes Azadinium and Amphidoma (Amphidomataceae) produce
azaspiracids (AZA), lipophilic polyether compounds responsible for Azaspiracid Shellfish …