Identification of Deep-Sea-Sediment Bacteria Which Produce Tetrodotoxin
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- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 1162-1163
Abstract
Forty-nine bacterial strains were isolated from deep-sea sediments. Among them, 22 strains were shown by the tissue culture assay method to produce sodium channel blockers. For some strains, high-performance liquid chromatography analysis confirmed that the blocker was tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin-producing bacteria seem to be widespread in marine sediment.Keywords
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