Method to enhance production of paralytic shellfish toxins from dinoflagellate cultures
OwnerErik Selander, Henrik Paviainventors
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Abstract
A simple solid phase extraction (SPE) method for continuous sequestering and concentration of waterborne cues from sea water conditioned with aquatic source organisms that induce toxin formation in dinoflagellates, and a method of increasing this toxin formation.
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A method of enhancing production of paralytic shellfish toxins from a dinoflagellate culture comprising providing a compound from seawater containing a natural enemy of the dinoflagellate culture and exposing the dinoflagellate culture to the compound isolated from seawater containing a natural enemy of the dinoflagellate culture.
A method for inducing phytoplankton cells to increase production of paralytic shellfish toxins, comprising placing the phytoplankton cells in a vessel containing chemical compounds originating from an intact source organism.
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