title: Gambierdiscus polynesiensis
organism: Gambierdiscus polynesiensis
description: Dinoflagellates of the genus Gambierdiscus produce neurotoxins responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning, the most seafood poisoning syndrome worldwide.  These toxins are metabolized and bioaccumulated through the coral reef food web, resulting in highly toxic fish.  Gambierdiscus polynesiensis  is endemic to French Polynesia, and is the only species shown thus far to produce substantial quantities of ciguatoxins. .  TB-92, isolated from Tubui Island, Australes Archipeligo, French Polynesia,  is a highly toxic isolate that produces ciguatoxins dominated CTX-3C, CTX-3B, CTX4A, CTX4B, and m-seco-CTX3C.  
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: TB-92
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 1992
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: French Polynesia: Mataura, Tubuai Island, Australes Archipelago
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: coral reef
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Mireille Chinain, Laboratoire des Microalgues Toxiques, Institute Louis Malarde, BP30 Papeete-Tahiti, 98713 French Polynesia
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Mireille Chinain
attributes.tag: biome
attributes.value: coral reef
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 238159 S, 1498409 W
attributes.tag: identified_by
attributes.value: Mireille Chinain
attributes.tag: sample_type
attributes.value: missing
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Microbe, viral or environmental