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- Title
Change in Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Depending on Dynamics of Harmful Alexandrium catenella (Group I) in the Geoje Coast (South Korea) during Bloom Season.
- Authors
Baek, Seung Ho; Choi, Jung Min; Lee, Minji; Park, Bum Soo; Zhang, Yuchengmin; Arakawa, Osamu; Takatani, Tomohiro; Jeon, Joong-Kyun; Kim, Young Ok
- Abstract
Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) produced by Alexandriumcatenella (formerly A. tamarense) in Korean coastal waters caused the deaths of four people (in 1986 and 1996) who consumed contaminated mussels (Mytilus edulis). This led to more detailed consideration of the risks of PST outbreaks and incidents in Korea, including the introduction of shellfish collection bans. In this study, we investigated the relationships between A. catenella population dynamics and PST accumulation in the mussel M. galloprovincialis. Discharges from the Nakdong River affect the environmental conditions along the Geoje coast, resulting in low salinity and high nutrient levels that trigger blooms of A. catenella. At the toxin peak on 24 April 2017, the toxins detected in A. catenella cells were C1, gonyautoxin (GTX)1 and GTX2, whereas the concentrations of PSTs in M. galloprovincialis were high and in the order of GTX4 > GTX1 > GTX3 > saxitoxin (STX) > GTX2 > neoSTX > decarbamoylgonyautoxin (dcGTX)2 > dc GTX3. The PST level in mussels was also high. At 15 °C, the PSTs are constantly found to be higher (10-fold higher in 2017 and 30-fold higher in 2018) than safe levels for human consumption (80 μg STX diHCl equivalents 100 g−1).
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; SHELLFISH; MYTILUS galloprovincialis; MUSSELS; ALEXANDRIUM; TERRITORIAL waters; PARALYTIC shellfish toxins
- Publication
Toxins, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 7, p442
- ISSN
2072-6651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/toxins12070442