Diarrhea Toxin Obtained from a Waterbloom-Producing Species, Microcystis aeruginosa Ktzing
- 22 March 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 183 (4130), 1206-1207
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4130.1206
Abstract
A diarrhea-producing toxin from a blue-green alga, Microcystis aeruginosa Kützing, was obtained from standing laboratory cultures. The non-dialyzable fraction of the lysate from whole cells produced fluid accumulation in the ligated small intestinal loops in guinea pigs.Keywords
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