CAPELLACCI , Samuela

Blooms of benthic dinoflagellates of the genus Ostreopsis (mainly O. cf. ovata and occasionally O. cf. siamensis) represent a serious concern for humans in the Med- iterranean area, due to production of palytoxin-like com- pounds listed among the most potent marine toxins known. In this work, six strains of Ostreopsis sp. from Cyprus Island...

The genus Ostreopsis E.J. Schmidt includes harmful benthic species that have been reported worldwide in both tropical and temperate regions. To date, genetic studies stated that Mediterranean Sea hosts two genotypes corresponding to the morphotypes of O. cf. ovata and O. cf. siamensis; moreover, a new genotype of Ostreopsis sp. was found along...

This paper describes the adoption and validation of two innovative methods for the automated count of Ostreopsis spp. concentration in sea water: a molecular assay based on RT-qPCR and an opto-electronic device implementing automatic recognition algorithms. The proposed approaches were tested on samples coming from different locations along the...

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