Highly Toxic Ribbon Worm Cephalothrix simula Containing Tetrodotoxin in Hiroshima Bay, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
In 1998, during a toxicological surveillance of various marine fouling organisms in Hiroshima Bay, Japan, specimens of the ribbon worm, Cephalothrix simula (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) were found. These ribbon worms contained toxins with extremely strong paralytic activity. The maximum toxicity in ter...
Main Authors: | Manabu Asakawa, Hiroshi Kajihara, Katsutoshi Ito |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-02-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/5/2/376 |
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