title: Effect of phosphate concentration on production of tetrodotoxin by Alteromonas tetraodonis.
abstract: Tetrodotoxin production by Alteromonas tetraodonis occurred during the stationary phase of growth and was regulated by phosphate concentration; toxin production was repressed if phosphate was added at the onset of stationary phase and was over 100-fold greater in phosphate-limited cultures than in cultures in which phosphate was not limiting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallacher
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Birkbeck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination; D005517:Foodborne Diseases; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater; D012758:Shellfish; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D013779:Tetrodotoxin