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Quantity of the dinoflagellate sxtA4 gene and cell density correlates with paralytic shellfish toxin production in Alexandrium ostenfeldii blooms
Univ Turku, Finland.
Univ Helsinki, Finland.
Åbo Akad Univ, Finland.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biology and Environmental Science. (Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS)
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2016 (English)In: Harmful Algae, ISSN 1568-9883, E-ISSN 1878-1470, Vol. 52, p. 1-10Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Many marine dinofiagellates, including several species of the genus Alexandrium, Gymnodinium catenatum, and Pyrodinium bahamense are known for their capability to produce paralytic shellfish toxins (PST), which can cause severe, most often food-related poisoning. The recent discovery of the first PST biosynthesis genes has laid the foundation for the development of molecular detection methods for monitoring and study of PST-producing dinofiagellates. In this study, a probe-based qPCR method for the detection and quantification of the sxtA4 gene present in Alexandrium spp. and Gymnodinium catenatum was designed. The focus was on Alexandrium ostenfeldii, a species which recurrently forms dense toxic blooms in areas within the Baltic Sea. A consistent, positive correlation between the presence of sxtA4 and PST biosynthesis was observed, and the species was found to maintain PST production with an average of 6 genomic copies of sxtA4. In August 2014, A. ostenfeldii populations were studied for cell densities, PST production, as well as sxtA4 and species-specific LSU copy numbers in Foglo, Aland, Finland, where an exceptionally dense bloom, consisting of 6.3 x 10(6) cells L-1, was observed. Cell concentrations, and copy numbers of both of the target genes were positively correlated with total STX, GTX2, and GTX3 concentrations in the environment, the cell density predicting toxin concentrations with the best accuracy (Spearman's p = 0.93, p < 0.01). The results indicated that all A. ostenfeldii cells in the blooms harbored the genetic capability of PST production, making the detection of sxtA4 a good indicator of toxicity. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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2016. Vol. 52, p. 1-10
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Dinoflagellate, qPCR, paralytic shellfish toxin, Alexandrium, sxtA4
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Ecology, Aquatic Ecology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-51118DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2015.10.018ISI: 000370088300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84993949551OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-51118DiVA, id: diva2:913379
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