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. 2024 Oct 15;121(42):e2417139121.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2417139121. Epub 2024 Oct 7.

Molecular forecasting of toxic bloom events

Harriet Alexander  1
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Molecular forecasting of toxic bloom events

Harriet Alexander. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Pseudo-nitzschia is a cosmopolitan diatom genus with many species capable of producing domoic acid, a neurotoxin which causes Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning. (A) The occurrence of Pseudo-nitzschia is plotted based on observations recorded by the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (9). The localization of Amnesiac Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) events reported since 1987 is highlighted in red circles, with the size of the circle corresponding to the number of reported events in a given region based on data from the Harmful Algal Bloom Event Database (HAEDAT) (10). (B) The metatranscriptomic model proposed by Brunson et al. wherein the expression of silicon transporter (sit1) and the domoic acid biosynthesis gene (dabA) can predict enhanced domoic acid a week in advance of the event.
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  • Molecular forecasting of domoic acid during a pervasive toxic diatom bloom.
    Brunson JK, Thukral M, Ryan JP, Anderson CR, Kolody BC, James CC, Chavez FP, Leaw CP, Rabines AJ, Venepally P, Fussy Z, Zheng H, Kudela RM, Smith GJ, Moore BS, Allen AE. Brunson JK, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct;121(40):e2319177121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319177121. Epub 2024 Sep 19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024. PMID: 39298472 Free PMC article.

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