dinoflagellates

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dinoflagellates

minute aquatic protozoa; they produce red pigment and toxins which are taken up by shellfish without apparent ill effect, but the toxin is not metabolized and the shellfish may poison animals if eaten.

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ciguatera Ciguatera Poisoning ciguatoxin dinoflagellate Fish and Shellfish Poisoning Gambierdiscus toxicus Gonyaulax Gonyaulax catanella Gymnodinium paralytic paralytic ileus paralytic shellfish poisoning Pfeisteria Pfiesteria Red Tide saxitoxin shellfish poisoning			First I thought it was a mistake, that it was a sample from another location, not Antarctica, because of the unusual abundance in microscopic fossil cysts of marine algae called dinoflagellates. Algae and pollen grains reveal sudden spike in Antarctica's ... by Asian News International The formation of resting cysts in dinoflagellates is part of sexual reproduction and occurs at the end of a bloom (Dale 1983). Consumption of Scrippsiella lachrymosa resting cysts by the eastern ... by Persson, Agneta; Smith, Barry C. / Journal of Shellfish Research These chemicals have since been found in other bioluminescent organisms, ranging from single-celled dinoflagellates to certain petite squids. Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow by Science News			Dingmann clamp dingo dingy dinitolamide dinitolmide dinitro compounds dinitro herbicide dinitro-o-cresol dinitro-o-toluamide dinitro-orthocresol dinitro-orthophenol dinitroaniline dinitrochlorobenzene dinitrocresol Dinitrophenol dinitrophenylhydrazine test dinitrotoluene dinitrotoluidine dinkum oil Dinner Fork Appearance dinner pad Dinnertime Bias Dinobdella dinobdelliasis dinoflagellate dinoflagellates Dinoflagellida dinoprost dinoprostone dinoseb dinsed dinucleotide Dioctophyma Dioctophyme dioctophymosis dioctyl calcium sulfosuccinate dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate diode diode laser Diodontidae dioecious dioestrus Diogenes Syndrome Diogenes’ Cup diol diolamine Diomedea Dionysian Dioon edule diopter diopter magnification			dinning dinning dinning Dino Dino Dino Campana Dino Crocetti Dino de Laurentiis Communications Dino Martin Dino Paul Crocetti Dinobdella Dinobdella ferox dinobdelliasis dinoceras Dinocerata Dinocerata dinocerate Dinoceratid Dinoceratid Dinodiesel Dinodiesel Dinoflagelate Dinoflagelate Dinoflagelate Dinoflagellata Dinoflagellata Dinoflagellata dinoflagellate dinoflagellate dinoflagellate dinoflagellates Dinoflagellida Dinoflagellida Dinoflagellida Dinoflaggelate Dinoflaggelate Dinoflaggelate Dinogetia DINOH dinokaryon Dinon Dinona Dinophilidae Dinophyceae Dinophyta Dinophyta Dinophyta dinoprost Dinoprostone Dinor Dinor Dinornis Dinornis Dinornis giganteus Dinornis maximus Dinornis maximus Dinornithidae Dinornithidae Dinornithiformes Dinornithiformes Dinos

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