A metagenomic study of bacterial communities associated with the saxitoxin producing dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. Compressum

• Main Authors: Salley Venda Law, Kenneth Francis Rodrigues, Jaeyres Jani, Ann Anton, Grace Joy Wei Lie Chin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2020
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25734/1/A%20metagenomic%20study%20of%20bacterial%20communities%20associated%20with%20the%20saxitoxin%20producing%20dinoflagellate%2C%20Pyrodinium%20bahamense%20var.%20Compressum.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25734/2/A%20metagenomic%20study%20of%20bacterial%20communities%20associated%20with%20the%20saxitoxin%20producing%20dinoflagellate%2C%20Pyrodinium%20bahamense%20var.%20Compressum1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25734/; http://dx.doi.org/10.21161/mjm.190548
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Aim: A number of reports have implicated the role of the symbiotic bacterial communities associated with toxic dinoflagellates in the biosynthesis of saxitoxin during harmful algal blooms (HABs). However, the exact mechanisms by which the bacteria facilitate toxin production remain inconclusive. The...