Toxin production in cyanobacterial mats from ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Toxicon
• Main Authors: Hitzfeld, Bettina C., Lampert, Christina S., Späth, Nicola, Mountfort, Doug, Kaspar, Henry, Dietrich, Daniel R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: ddc:570; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-50339; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00103-3

Cyanobacteria are known to produce hepatotoxic substances, the functional and ecological role of these toxins, however, remains largely unclear. Toxic properties of cyanobacteria collected in Antarctica were investigated to determine whether toxin-producing species can also be found under these envi...