The study reaffirmed that some strains of the two known Pfiesteria species are toxic, including a strain used by other researchers who had asserted that Pfiesteria can't make toxin.

The study reaffirmed that some strains of the two known Pfiesteria species are toxic, including a strain used by other researchers who had asserted that Pfiesteria can’t make toxin.

Molecular study questions Pfiesteria's link to coastal fish kills, threat to public health Peer-Reviewed Publication. University of North Carolina Health Care ...

A laboratory sample of Pfiesteria shumwayae, one of two named Pfiesteria species, slays fish only by direct contact, says Robert Gawley of the University of Miami in Coral Gables.

Ms. Shumway, who has reported the microbe’s toxic effects on shellfish, enjoys the dubious honor of a species bearing her surname, Pfiesteria shumwayae. In one of the new experiments, ...

There are several species of Pfiesteria, including one found in Australian waters which is being monitored. Tags: Email the editor. Share this article; Email a friend; ...

Microorganisms on microplastics Date: June 5, 2019 Source: Forschungsverbund Berlin Summary: A recent study shows that that the potentially toxin-producing plankton species Pfiesteria piscicida ...

Abundance of P. minimum was positively related to dissolved organic nitrogen and suspended solids concentrations, whereas the highest abundance of the grouping Pfiesteria spp., "pfiesteria-like" ...

<TAB>Two teams of researchers say they cannot confirm the claims of a decade-old study that indicated that pfiesteria, a parasitic algae that plagues Eastern coastal waters, can make a toxin that ...

Due to an editing error, an article Saturday about the role of oysters in controlling harmful algae such as Pfiesteria microorganisms misstated the view of three scientists. The three had spoken in… ...

Sandra Shumway, a marine science professor at Long Island University’s Southampton College, has the unusual honor of having one of the ocean’s deadliest microbes named after her. As one… ...