Report on a biochemical red tide repressive agent.
Organisms were isolated from the November 1973 red tide outbreak in a search for a naturally occurring predator organism. Two organisms were found which look promising as a means of biocontrol: a Tintinnideae spp., ciliate and Gomphosphaeria aponina Kutzing, a blue-green algae. This report characterizes a blue-green algal toxin found to be lethal to the Florida red tide organism Gymnodinium breve Davis.
D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004141:Dinoflagellida; D056890:Eukaryota; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis
D014118:Toxins, Biological