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Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce β- N -methylamino- l -alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid
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Cyanobacteria can generate molecules hazardous to human health, but production of the known cyanotoxins is taxonomically sporadic. For example, members of a few genera produce hepatotoxic microcystins, whereas production of hepatotoxic nodularins appears to be limited to a single genus. Production of known neurotoxins has also been considered phylogenetically unpredictable. We report here that a single neurotoxin, β- N -methylamino- l -alanine, may be produced by all known groups of cyanobacteria, including cyanobacterial symbionts and free-living cyanobacteria. The ubiquity of cyanobacteria in terrestrial, as well as freshwater, brackish, and marine environments, suggests a potential for wide-spread human exposure.
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- Cox, P. A., Banack, S. A., Murch, S. J., Rasmussen, U., Tien, G., Bidigare, R. R., Metcalf, J. S., Morrison, L. F., Codd, G. A., & Bergman, B.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2005-04-04
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 5074-5078
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
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- W2105896253
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- 707
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 19.81
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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