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Gymnodinium /Gym·no·din·i·um/ (jim″no-din´e-um) a genus of dinoflagellates, most species of which have many colored chromatophores, found in water; when present in great numbers, they help to form the destructive red tide in the ocean. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Monitoring brevetoxins during a Gymnodinium breve red tide: comparison of sodium channel specific cytotoxicity assay and mouse bioassay for determination of neurotoxic shellfish toxins in shell-fish extracts. Red tides are caused by the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis (formerly Gymnodinium breve and Ptychodiscus brevis), which produces a series of polycyclic ethers called brevetoxins (PbTx) (Davis 1948; Lin et al. Blooms of another toxic species, Gymnodinium breve, have been implicated in the deaths of humpback whales in 1987 and Florida manatees in 1982 and 1996. |
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