Title Algal toxins : nature, occurrence, effect and detection / edited by Valtere Evangelista [and others]

Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps Series NATO science for peace and security series. Series A, chemistry and biology NATO science for peace and security series. Series A, Chemistry and biology. Contents The world of algae / Laura Barsanti, Primo Coltelli, Valtere Evangelista, Anna Maria Frassanito, Vincenzo Passarelli, Nicoletta Vesentini and Paolo Gualtieri -- Cyanobacterial diversity in relation to the environment / Brian A. Whitton -- Toxicity of fresh water algal toxins to humans and animals / Annalisa Zaccaroni and Dino Scaravelli -- Toxicity of sea algal toxins to humans and animals / Annalisa Zaccaroni and Dino Scaravelli -- The role of allelopathy for harmful algae bloom formation / Edna Granéli, Paulo S. Salomon and Giovana O. Fistarol -- Checklist of phytoplankton on the south coast of Murcia (SE Spain, SW Mediterranean Sea) / Nieves Bouza and Marina Aboal -- Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia populations from the middle Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea, Italy) / Roberta Congestri, Simona Polizzano and Patrizia Albertano -- Algal blooms in Estonian small lakes / Aimar Rakko, Reet Laugaste and Ingmar Ott -- Comparative estimation of sensor organisms sensitivity for determination of water toxicity / Paolo Gualtieri and Tetiana Parshykova -- Biochemical method for quantitative estimation of cyanobacteria toxins / Lydia A. Sirenko and Tetiana V. Parshykova -- Using of laser-Doppler spectrometry for determination of toxicity degree of chemical and natural compounds / Vitaliy Vlasenko, Tetyana Parshykova and Vadym Tretyakov -- PCR techniques as diagnostic tools for the identification and enumeration of toxic marine phytoplankton species / Antonella Penna and Luca Galluzzi -- Detection of phytoplankton with nucleic acid sensors / Sonja Diercks, Katja Metfies, Friedhelm Schröder, Linda K. Medlin and Franciscus Colijn -- Development of sensors to trace toxins from dinoflagellates and other algae to seafood -- Patrizia Albertano, Roberta Congestri, Laura Micheli, Danila Moscone and Giuseppe Palleschi -- Recombinant formaldehyde dehydrogenase and gene-engineered methylotrophic yeasts as bioanalytical instruments for assay of toxic formaldehyde / Galyna Gayda, Olha Demkiv, Mykhailo Gonchar, Solomiya Paryzhak and Wolfgang Schuhmann -- Electrochemical sensing methods : a brief review / Andrea Scozzari -- Oddities and curiosities in the algal world / Laura Barsanti, Primo Coltelli, Valtere Evangelista, Anna Maria Frassanito, Vincenzo Passarelli, Nicoletta Vesentini and Paolo Gualtieri Summary The first part deals with a general overview of the toxins and toxicity related to the algal world. The first part includes an introduction on the main algal features written by our group; then, the diversity of the cyanobacteria, the algal division that possesses more toxic species, in relation to the environment is described; an overview on the fresh water and marine algal toxins follows; and the allelophaty phenomenon, i.e. any influence on the growth and development of natural systems produced by the algae metabolites is described. The first part ends with the description of toxic algal blooms in several European geographical areas. The second part deals with the review of sensor organisms, the use of biochemical methods and laser Doppler techniques for toxin determination; the use of nucleic acid sensor sensors for identification of toxic species; the use of immunological ELISA analyses combined with various electrochemical detection systems to quantify algal toxins; a review on sensors based on electrochemical methods, and a gene-engineered yeast usable as biochemical instrument for toxin assessment Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Algal toxins -- Congresses Algal toxins -- Monitoring -- Congresses Algal toxins -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses Marine toxins. Toxins. Toxic algae -- Toxicology -- Congresses Biological products. Eukaryota Marine Toxins Toxins, Biological Organisms Biological Factors Chemicals and Drugs Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Toxins Toxic algae -- Toxicology Marine toxins Algal toxins Algentoxin Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Evangelista, Valtere. ISBN 9781402084805 1402084803

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