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News Release 18-088
Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic
Sequencing genes of microscopic algae helps determine how toxins are produced
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Dense cells of the harmful algae Pseudo-nitzchia during a bloom off the West Coast of North America.
Credit: NOAA
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Dungeness crab fisheries on the U.S. West Coast are closed when domoic acid is in the water.
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Domoic acid can sicken and kill California sea lions.
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Blue mussels are off the menu when Pseudo-nitzschia blooms produce domoic acid.
Credit: BC Centre for Disease Control
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Razor clams are affected by domoic acid, making them off-limits during Pseudo-nitzschia blooms.
Credit: Washington State Department of Health
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Common murres and other seabirds are at risk in domoic acid-producing Pseudo-nitzchia blooms.
Credit: USFWS
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