Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Potential Toxic Benthic Dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus belizeanus (Dinophyceae) from Malaysia

• Main Author: Tuan Nurhariani, Tuan Halim
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7881/1/Nurhariani%2824%20pgs%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7881/2/Nurhariani%28fulltext%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7881/

Species in the genus Gambierdiscus, particularly Gambierdiscus toxicus have been known to produce a potent neurotoxin, ciguatoxin that cause ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), the most common illness that associated with fish consumption worldwide. The dinoflagellate is commonly found in the coral ree...