cyanotoxin
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.4|right|Green scum produced by and containing cyanobacteria, washed up on a rock in California during an algal bloom
Research
9,301 papers- Cyanotoxin exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma.Toxicology · 2023
- Cyanotoxin cylindrospermopsin producers and the catalytic decomposition process: A review.Harmful algae · 2020
- The Cyanotoxin and Non-protein Amino Acid β-Methylamino-L-Alanine (L-BMAA) in the Food Chain: Incorporation into Proteins and Its Impact on Human Health.Neurotoxicity research · 2019
- Cyanotoxins, biosynthetic gene clusters, and factors modulating cyanotoxin biosynthesis.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023
- Four decades of progress in cylindrospermopsin research: The ins and outs of a potent cyanotoxin.Journal of hazardous materials · 2021
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Background
- Harmful algal blooms
- Chemical structure
- Cyclic peptides
- Microcystins
- Nodularins
- Alkaloids
- Anatoxin-''a''
- Cylindrospermopsins
- Saxitoxins
- Aetokthonotoxin
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Amino acids
- BMAA
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.4|right|Green scum produced by and containing cyanobacteria, washed up on a rock in California during an algal bloom
Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae). Cyanobacteria are found almost everywhere, but particularly in lakes and in the ocean where, under high concentration of phosphorus conditions, they reproduce exponentially to form blooms. Blooming cyanobacteria can produce cyanotoxins in such concentrations that they can poison and even kill animals and humans. Cyanotoxins can also accumulate in other animals such as fish and shellfish, and cause poisonings such as shellfish poisoning.