Lyngbya majuscula
| Lyngbya majuscula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Oscillatoriales |
| Family: | Oscillatoriaceae |
| Genus: | Lyngbya |
| Species: | L. majuscula |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont | |
Lyngbya majuscula is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Lyngbya. Tropical marine strains, including many producing bioactive compounds, have been separated as the new species Moorea producens.[1] Antillatoxin has been extracted from the venom of the cyanobacteria.[2]
References
- ↑ Engene N, Rottacker EC, Kaštovský J, Byrum T, Choi H, Ellisman MH, Komárek J, Gerwick WH (2012). "Moorea producens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Moorea bouillonii comb. nov., tropical marine cyanobacteria rich in bioactive secondary metabolites". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62 (Pt 5): 1171–1178. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.033761-0. PMID 21724952.
- ↑ Osborne, Nicholas J.T.; Webb, Penny M.; Shaw, Glen R. (November 2001). "The toxins of Lyngbya majuscula and their human and ecological health effects". Environment International 27 (5): 381–392. doi:10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00098-8.
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