The Alexandrium tamarense species complex is one of the most studied marine
dinoflagellate groups due to its ecological, toxicological and economic importance. Several …

For evolutionary comparisons, phylogenetics and evaluation of potential interbreeding taxa
of a species, various loci have served for animals and plants and protistans. One [second …

Molecular approaches have revolutionized our ability to study the ecology and evolution of
micro‐organisms. Among the most widely used genetic markers for these studies are genes …

The nuclear ribosomal locus coding for the large subunit is represented in tandem arrays in
the plant genome. These consecutive gene blocks, consisting of several regions, are widely …

Blastodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates that live as parasites in the gut of marine,
planktonic copepods in the World's oceans and coastal waters. The taxonomy, phylogeny …

Background A dinoflagellate genus Ostreopsis is known as a potential producer of Palytoxin
derivatives. Palytoxin is the most potent non-proteinaceous compound reported so far. There …

Increased interest in the environmental applicability of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts for
palaeo-environmental studies arose in the last two decades, when it was discovered that …

A recent (February 2014) mass mortality of fishes was observed in the cage-farming region
of the West Johor Strait of Malaysia, involving over four different species of cultured fishes …

Molecular analyses and subsequent morphological reinvestigation of clonal isolates
germinated from cysts previously assigned to Scrippsiella hangoei (Schiller) Larsen …

A new marine benthic toxic Prorocentrum species is described from the tropical/subtropical
regions of the Atlantic (Colombian Caribbean Sea and Northeast Brazil) and Pacific …