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The dinoflagellate Dinophysis

The dinoflagellate Dinophysis
The dinoflagellate Dinophysis
The dinoflagellate Dinophysis
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Moran, Dawn
The dinoflagellate Dinophysis
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01/25/2005
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The dinoflagellate Dinophysis, plump and harmless-looking, produces a toxin that causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.
Image of The Day caption:
This dinoflagellate, the algae Dinophysis, was collected in the icy waters of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. WHOI biologists are interested in the diversity and activity of protists (protozoa and algae) in the Antarctic marine environment. Becky Gast, Julie Rose, and Dawn Moran?along with colleagues in Dave Caron's lab at the University of Southern California?are using a combination of molecular and microscope-based studies?from photodocumenting single cells to recovering small ribosomal gene sequences?to link the genetic taxonomy with the shape (morphology) of the various cells.
Photo by Dawn Moran
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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