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NOAA Improves Monitoring of Ciguatera in Fish
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The commercialized ciguatoxin test kit, transitioned through the women-run company SeaTox. Credit: NOAA. The new method – a fluorescent receptor ...
New Pacific Ciguatoxins Identification and Analysis
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Ciguatoxins originate from marine algae, such as Gambierdiscus spp., enter the food web through fish, and pass to humans. To improve detection methods ...
Research Provides Parameters to Model Ciguatoxin's Effects on Seals and ...
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Our scientists determined ciguatoxin’s toxicokinetic parameters for the first time and published the findings for three exposure routes in rats (two ...
Mapping Toxic Caribbean Habitats - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Ciguatoxin is produced by dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus. Gambierdiscus lives in warm, shallow waters in association with various ...
International Collaboration Investigates Ciguatoxin Toxicity Around the ...
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Consumption of ciguatoxin contaminated fish causes a variety of mild to severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms and in rare cases death ...
Seasonal Differences in - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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An NCCOS-sponsored study provides the most comprehensive and quantitative assessment to date of the in situ toxicity of Gambierdiscus marine ...
Ciguatoxin Detection Technology transfer with French Polynesia
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One possibility is the dominant toxin producing species are producing different types of ciguatoxin. The P- CTX-3B, P- CTX-3C and P- CTX-4A toxin ...
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Identifying Toxic Species
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common, non-bacterial, seafood illness. The condition is caused by toxins from the microalga Gambierdiscus ...
NOAA and France Improve Caribbean Ciguatoxin Detection
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A PhD candidate from the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Francesco Pisapia, is visiting the NCCOS Center for Coastal ...
Differences in the Toxicity of the Alga Gambierdiscus: Implications for ...
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We will establish the relative per cell toxicity of Gambierdiscus species and varieties (isolates) and provide detailed analyses of the ciguatoxin ...
Ciguatoxin Impacts on Foraging Behavior in Hawaiian Monk Seals
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For the first time we have identified the algal toxin ciguatoxin, the cause of ciguatera fish poisoning syndrome, in Hawaiian monk seals. We developed ...
A Study of Gambierdiscus 'Super Bugs' and Ciguatoxin Fate in Coral Reef ...
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common algal-borne illness worldwide. It is a debilitating syndrome caused by consumption of fish ...
New Tools to Aid in Managing Ciguatera Poisoning Risks in the Caribbean
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Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most frequently reported non-bacterial illness associated with eating fish in the United States and the U. S ...
Determining Ciguatera Risk in Invasive Lionfish
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Scientists are investigating the prevalence of ciguatera toxins in invasive lionfish in response to interest in establishing commercial fisheries for ...
Cheaper Ciguatoxin Assay May Rely on Proxy Molecule
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A recently published finding may contribute to the development of a long-elusive affordable ciguatoxin detector, crucial for equatorial peoples ...
Increased Incidence of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Projected With Changing ...
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A new NOAA study,published in the journal Ecological Modeling, anticipates an increase in the incidence of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) in the Gulf ...
Toxic Algae and Their Seaweed Hosts May Predict Ciguatera Fish ...
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New research shows that different Caribbean species of Gambierdiscus — the microscopic marine algae most often associated with ciguatera fish ...
Collaboration Identifies Additional Threat to Endangered Seal Species
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Ciguatoxin comes from certain tiny algae that live in reefs and are eaten by small fish. Larger fish prey on the little ones, and so on, concentrating ...
NCCOS Awards $1.7M to Harmful Algal Bloom and Toxins Research
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The Florida Gulf Coast University and its partners at the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
NOAA Facilitates Regional Consensus On Lionfish Harvesting Strategies
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While the neurotoxic venom of the lionfish injected through its spines is primarily a threat to fishermen and those preparing the fish for ...