Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Neilan, Brett A."

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Characterisation of the paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis gene clusters in Anabaena circinalis AWQC131C and Aphanizomenon sp. NH-5

Mihali, Troco Kaan; Kellmann, Ralf; Neilan, Brett A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-03-30)

Background: Saxitoxin and its analogues collectively known as the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are neurotoxic alkaloids and are the cause of the syndrome named paralytic shellfish poisoning. PSTs are produced by a ...
Discovery of Nuclear-Encoded Genes for the Neurotoxin Saxitoxin in Dinoflagellates

Stüken, Anke; Orr, Russell J. S.; Kellmann, Ralf; Murray, Shauna A.; Neilan, Brett A.; Jakobsen, Kjetill S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-18)

Saxitoxin is a potent neurotoxin that occurs in aquatic environments worldwide. Ingestion of vector species can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning, a severe human illness that may lead to paralysis and death. In ...
On the chemistry, toxicology and genetics of the cyanobacterial toxins, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin and cylindrospermopsin

Pearson, Leanne; Mihali, Troco K.; Moffitt, Michelle; Kellmann, Ralf; Neilan, Brett A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-10)

The cyanobacteria or “blue-green algae”, as they are commonly termed, comprise a diverse group of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that inhabit a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial environments, and display incredible ...