Chattonella

Chattonella is a genus of marine raphidophytes associated with red tides.[1] A technique using monoclonal antibodies can be used to identify the genus,[2] while the RAPD reaction can be used to distinguish between different species within the genus.[3] It includes the species Chattonella antiqua, a bloom forming alga responsible for large scale fish deaths due to the synthesis of toxic compounds related to brevetoxin.[4]

Chatonella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
Superphylum:
Heterokonta
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Raphidophyceae
Order:
Chattonellales
Family:
Chattonellaceae
Genus:
Chatonella

Biecheler 1936
Type species
Chatonella subsalsa
Biecheler 1936
Species
  • ?C. harima Okaichi
  • C. antiqua (Hada 1974) Ono 1980
  • C. marina (Subrahmanyan 1954) Hara & Chihara 1982
  • C. minima Hara & Chihara 1994
  • C. ovata Hara & Chihara 1994
  • C. subsalsa Biecheler 1936
Synonyms
  • Hornellia Subrahmanyan 1954 non Walker 1904
  • Hemieutreptia Hada 1974

References
  1. Patterson, David Patterson; Tomas, C. R. "Chattonella". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  2. Nagasaki, K. (March 1993). "An identification of genus Chattonella by means of monoclonal antibodies". Bulletin of the Nansei National Fisheries Research Institute. 26: 133–190.
  3. Murayama-Kayano, Eiko; Yoshimatsu, Sadaaki; Kayano, Toshiaki; Nishio, Takeshi; Ueda, Hiroshi; Nagamune, Teruyuki (26 November 1997). "Application of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique to distinguishing species of the red tide phytoplankton Chattonella (Raphydophyceae)". Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering. 85 (3): 343–5. doi:10.1016/S0922-338X(97)85687-5.
  4. Khan, S.; Arakawa, O.; Onoue, Y. (1996). "A toxicological study of the marine phytoflagellate, Chattonella antiqua (Raphidophyceae)". Phycologia. 35 (3): 239–244. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-35-3-239.1.


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