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Toxicity assessment of crude and partially purified extracts of marine Synechocystis and Synechococcus cyanobacterial strains in marine invertebrates
Martins, R.; Fernández, N.; Beiras, R.; Vasconcelos, V. (2007). Toxicity assessment of crude and partially purified extracts of marine Synechocystis and Synechococcus cyanobacterial strains in marine invertebrates. Toxicon 50(6): 791-799. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.020
In: Toxicon. Elsevier: Oxford. ISSN 0041-0101; e-ISSN 1879-3150, more
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Keywords
    Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786 [WoRMS]; Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 [WoRMS]; Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) [WoRMS]; Synechococcus Nägeli, 1849 [WoRMS]; Synechocystis Sauvageau, 1892 [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    Synechococcus; Synechocystis; Artemia salina; Brachionus plicatillis; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Paracentrotus lividus

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  • Martins, R.
  • Fernández, N.
  • Beiras, R.
  • Vasconcelos, V., more

Abstract
    Among the Cyanoprokaryota, the genera Synechocystis and Synechococcus have rarely been studied with respect to potential toxicity. This is particularly true with marine environments where studies about the toxicity of cyanobacteria are restricted to filamentous forms at the warmer temperate and tropical regions and also to filamentous forms at cold seas such as the Baltic Sea. In this study, we describe the effects of cyanobacterial strains of the Synechocystis and Synechococcus genera isolated from the marine coast of Portugal, on marine invertebrates. Crude and partially purified extracts at a concentration of 100