1016
Class:
Genus/species:
Habitat:
marine
Country:
Italy
Locality:
Northern Adriatic Sea, Lagoon of Marano
Isolated by:
Beran
Identified by:
Beran
Medium:
Temperature:
20°C
Clone:
yes
Toxic:
not tested
Axenic:
no
Strain synonyms:
AY1T
Additional information:
The starin is potentially toxic. It was collected during a bloom causing fish kills.
Publications:
John, U , Cembella, A , Hummert, C , Elbrächter, M , Groben, . and Medlin, L (2003) Discrimination of the toxigenic dinoflagellates Alexandrium tamarense and A. ostenfeldii in co-occurring natural populations from Scottish coastal waters. Eur J Phycol. 38 (1): 25-40
John U, Fensome RA, Medlin LK (2003) The Application of a Molecular Clock Based on Molecular Sequences and the Fossil Record to Explain Biogeographic Distributions Within the Alexandrium tamarense ‘‘Species Complex’’ (Dinophyceae). Mol Biol Evol, 20 (7): 1015-1027
Tillmann U, John U (2002) Toxic effects of Alexandrium spp. on heterotrophic dinoflagellates: an allelochemical defence mechanism independent of PSP-toxin content. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 230: 47-58
Collection date:
02/09/1999