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Open AccessThe association of bacterial C9-based TTX-like compounds with Prorocentrum minimum opens new uncertainties about shellfish seafood safety
In 2012, Tetrodotoxin (TTX) was identified in mussels and linked to the presence of Prorocentrum minimum (P. minimum) in Greece. The connexion between TTX and P. minimum was further studied in this paper. First, ...
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Cold environments such as Arctic and Antarctic regions and the deep sea are richly populated by microbes which encounter the same selective pressures and/or even more than their counterparts from moderate or w...
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Marine sponges are an ancient and diverse animal phylum that host well-established symbiotic microbial communities. The vast majority of the microbial genetic diversity in sponges is, however, currently inacce...
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Marine sponges are host to numerically vast and phylogenetically diverse bacterial communities, with 26 major phyla to date having been found in close association with sponge species worldwide. Analyses of the...
