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Gliding movement of Pseudonitzschia sp.

Species name: Pseudonitzschia sp.

Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo Taniguchi Atsushi

Pseudonitzschia is a marine diatom glides and forms a colony in like manner as Bacillaria paradoxa. However, unlike Bacillaria paradoxa, Pseudonitzschia don’t let each cell slide between the adjacent cells. Also, they are known for synthesizing a neurotoxin called domoic acid.

(2014.03.29)

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