Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Two Potentially Toxigenic Species of the Genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) in Luzon Island, Philippines

• Main Authors: Botavara, Lorenzo, Ragaza, Janice A, Lim, Hong Chang, Teng, Sing Tung
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: diatoms; ITS2; morphology; Philippines; Pseudo-nitzschia pungens; Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana; Biology; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Microbiology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/170; https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2024.2401968
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Harmful algal blooms are a major concern for the environment and industries like fisheries, healthcare, and tourism in coastal countries such as the Philippines. Blooms of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) seldom cause harm, but half of the species in the cosmopolitan genus Pseudo-nitzschia produce the ne...