2013). (1994) Russian River (CA, USA) D. Anderson Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech GtPort b Scholin et al. Seven Alexandrium species have been recorded from Brazil so far: Alexandrium catenella, Alexandrium fraterculus, Alexandrium gaardnerae, Alexandrium kutnerae, Alexandrium tamiyavanichi, Alexandrium tamutum, and Alexandrium sp. A review of the dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium occurring in Brazilian coastal waters is presented based on both published information and new data. ARTICLE IN PRESS Deep-Sea Research II 52 (2005) 2764–2783 Trophic accumulation of PSP toxins in zooplankton during Alexandrium fundyense blooms in Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine, April–June 1998. A. fundyense blooms were detected in 2007 and 2008. Synchronized cultures of A. fundyense were studied to determine the dynamics of toxin production throughout the cell cycle. 2012; Scholin et al.). Alexandrium fundyense CA28 is a clonal, toxin-producing strain isolated from the Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts, USA. Their retention is caused by an interaction between the system’s bathymetry and the swimming behavior of the A. fundyense cells (Anderson and Stolzenbach, 1985). Alexandrium fundyense has been reported from coastal waters near Barrow, AK (Okolodkov 2005), and recent work by several groups documented A. fundyense cysts, vegetative cells, and toxins in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (Gu et al. Since 1998, blooms of Alexandrium catenella associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning have been repeatedly reported for Thau Lagoon (French Mediterranean coast). 1). harmful species (e.g. Neither large cell size nor increased DNA-associated fluorescence could be replicated by infecting an A. fundyense culture of vegetative cells. The relationships among these morphologically defined species are poorly understood, as are the reasons for increases in range and bloom occurrence observed over several decades. ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSEON THALASSIOSIRA SP. 2). N- and P-limitation of growth was observed at the lower and higher ratios respectively, with dual limitation between. The 2013, Natsuike et al. Taxonomical Description: Cells of A. tamarense are small to medium in size, almost isodiametric, and slightly longer than wide (Fig. Alexandrium fundyense populations were observed during July in the offshore waters ... toxins from the dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. In such cases, standard techniques for measurements of parameters such as chlorophyll, primary production, or The 2007 bloom was short and small (4 weeks, 103 cells L-1) compared to 2008 when the A. fundyense bloom which persisted 2.3 Enumeration of A. fundyense. Multiple species of phytoplankton are known to produce saxitoxin, including at least 10 other species from the genus Alexandrium.. Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1985b Species Overview: Alexandrium tamarense is an armoured, marine, planktonic dinoflagellate.It is associated with toxic PSP blooms in cold water coastal regions. Rapid growth and concerted sexual transitions by a bloom of the harmful dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense (Dinophyceae) Michael L. Brosnahan,*1 Lourdes Velo-Suarez,2 David K. Ralston,3 Sophia E. Fox,4 Taylor R. Sehein,1 Alexi Shalapyonok,1 Heidi M. Sosik,1 Robert J. Olson,1 Donald M. Anderson1 1Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Cysts of A. tamarense and A. fundyense known to be be tween 4-8 weeks old were taken from nitrogen-depleted cul tures. The size and extent of these harmful algal blooms are associated with high cyst concentrations in the top 1 cm of sediment. No apical horn is present. Therefore, it is possible that past field studies may have included smaller Alexandrium ostenfeldii cells in the counts that were attributed to Alexandrium fundyense. I. Toxin levels in A. fundyense and zooplankton size fractions The concentrated cells were flushed into a flask with membrane-filtered (pore size, 0.45 μm) seawater, and the final volume was made up to 500 ml. N- and P-limitation of growth was observed at the lower and higher ratios respectively, with dual limitation between. Experiment 2 tested the species specificity of the methods by adding Alexandrium ostenfeldii, to samples containing A. fundyense. andeightmolecular methods–werecompared.Alexandrium fundyense was thetarget organism infourexperiments.Experiment 1 was designed to determine the range of cell densities over which the methods were applicable. Formal Revision of the Alexandrium tamarense Species Complex 781 Lilly 1995 et al. Based on data obtained for rRNA gene markers, it has been suggested that the strains involved could be closely related to the Japanese temperate Asian ribotype of the temperate Asian clade. Therefore, we attribute these characteristics of the large Salt Pond cells to planozygote maturation rather than Amoebophrya infection, though an interaction between infection and planozygote maturation may also have contributed. Alexandrium fundyense abstract Like many other dinoflagellate species, Alexandrium fundyense possesses a benthic resting cyst which enables long-term persistence and annual blooms of this species in the Gulf of Maine. The effect of N- and P-limitation on the growth and paralytic shellfish toxin content of Alexandrium fundyense was studied in a series of batch cultures in which the N:P supply mass ratio was varied from less than 1 up to 160 (cf. This species of Alexandrium is often confused with other species within its genus but because of the size and shape of Alexandrium tamarense it is distinguishable. taken However, none of these workers has under-required the precise andcareful taxonomic revision ture by theInternational Code of Nomencla-2012 for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN, McNeill et al. The wall of the cysts was similar in arrangement to mature Alexandrium sp. By Emily R. Lyczkowski Thesis Advisor: Dr. Lee Karp-Boss An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (in Oceanography) December, 2012 Production of allelopathic chemicals by the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense is This species is a microscopic organism, the size and shape of Alexandrium tamarense is highly variable: cells range in size between 22-51 µm in length and 17-44 µm. Wohlrab et al. 2 Growth curves of Alexandrium fundyense str. Alexandrium catenella (Whedon et Kof.) Cell size distribution of the Alexandrium fundyense strains. Specifically, models that parameterize predation loss as proportional to population size will not show the sensitivity to predation at low population size demonstrated to occur here. A Quantitative Assessment of the Role of the Parasite Amoebophryain the Termination of Alexandrium fundyenseBlooms within a Small Coastal Embayment Lourdes Velo-Sua´rez1,2*, Michael L. Brosnahan3, Donald M. Anderson3, Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr.1 1Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of … A. fundyense abundances were quantified using whole cell fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using the oligonucleotide probe NA1 (5′-AGT GCA ACA CTC CCA CCA-3′) conjugated to a Cy3® fluorochrome , .Briefly, a 1/4 piece of the 5 µm filters was immersed in 1 mL of pre-hybridization buffer and incubated at RT for 5 minutes. Recent molecular work shows that this species belongs to the Alexandrium … Because significant changes in A. fundyense singlet size were noted near the bloom's peak and during termination, we drew roughly equal numbers of A. fundyense images from three periods in the IFCB record (20 March–13 April, 14–18 April, and 19 April–1 June) whenever possible to construct final versions of the training sets. (1994) Portugal E. Sousa e Silva Alexandrium margalefi Balech ALexmarg U27498 AF033531 Alexandrium minutum Alexandrium fundyense cells are selectively retained in the NMS ponds in spite of strong tidal flushing. Redfield ≡ 7.2). The aim of this thesis was to analyze novel aspects of toxigenesis during the cell cycle in Alexandrium and to apply molecular techniques to gain new insights on the genetics and regulation of STX biosynthesis. Culture medium consisted of 0.45 μm-filtered natural seawater (Vineyard Sound, MA, salinity 31‰) enriched with F/2 nutrients [ 49 ]. The toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (previously Alexandrium fundyense, Prud’homme van Reine, 2017) has a major economic impact on molluscan shellfisheries on the coastal northwest Atlantic due to the risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP, Anderson et al., … Alexandrium tamarense is a species of dinoflagellates known to produce saxitoxin, a neurotoxin which causes the human illness clinically known as paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). Alexandrium fundyense) is only a minor fraction of the plankton community biomass (Yasumoto et a!. This species has both sexual and asexual cycles of reproduction. Although Alexandrium ostenfeldii may contain food vacuoles and is slightly larger than Alexandrium fundyense/tamarense, their size distribution may overlap. Alexandrium fundyense Balech GtCA29 U09048 Gulf of Maine (USA) AFNFA3.1 U44926 Newfoundland (Canada) D. Anderson BGt1 Scholin et al. 1980, Franks & Anderson 1992). It reproduces sexually with opposite mating types Close Heterothallic (hetero- different; thallos green shoot or twig) Describing an organism that has male and female reproductive parts on different parts of the organism. 1 μm pore‐size) seawater from the sampling location was added to axenic control cultures. Alexandrium catenella is a marine photosynthetic dinoflagellate (Olenina and Olenin 2006). Complexities of bloom dynamics in the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense revealed through DNA measurements by imaging flow cytometry coupled with species-specific rRNA probes Michael L. Brosnahana,n, Shahla Farzanb, Bruce A. Keafera, Heidi M. Sosika, Robert J. Olsona, Donald M. Andersona a Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA … 2007; Miranda et al. BMC Ecol DOI 10.1186/s12898-017-0119-y RESEARCH ARTICLE Predator cues reduce intraspecific trait variability in a marine dinoflagellate Sylke Wohlrab 1*, Erik Selander2 and U. 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