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12th International Conference on Harmful Algae

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HARMFUL ALGAE12 th <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Harmful</strong> <strong>Algae</strong>, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September 2006complex cell communicati<strong>on</strong>. Theyare synthesized by successivec<strong>on</strong>densati<strong>on</strong>s of acetate units viaactivity of enzymes known aspolyketide synthases (PKSs).Bacteria, fungi and plants mayproduce PKS but Type I modularform was formerly known <strong>on</strong>ly forbacteria and fungi. DNA sequenceswere used to identify modular TypeI PKS genes within genomes ofprotists bel<strong>on</strong>ging to theevoluti<strong>on</strong>ary lineages of alveolatesand amoebozoa. We present thatthe newly sequenced genomes ofrepresentatives of other protistangroups, the chlorophytesOstreococcus tauri andChlamydom<strong>on</strong>as reinhardtii, and thehaptophyte Emiliana huxleyi, as wellas expressed sequence tags(ESTs) of various harmfulmicroalgal species also c<strong>on</strong>tainputative PKS genes. Bioinformaticanalysis reveals that these protistanPKS genes cluster into a uniqueclade. These observati<strong>on</strong>s provideimportant insight into the evoluti<strong>on</strong>of polyketide metabolic pathwaysand suggest that PKS enzymesfound in various lineages representa c<strong>on</strong>served ancestral form derivedfrom early eukaryotes.PO.02-03Molecular investigati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> thetoxic marine dinoflagellateAlexandrium minutumSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.02 - GenomicsI Jung 1 , U John 1 , G Glöckner 2 , UTillmann 1 , B Krock 1 , AD Cembella 11 Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven,BREMERHAVEN, Germany2 Fritz Lipmann Institute for Age Research,JENA, GermanyAlexandrium minutum is a widelydistributed HAB dinoflagellate thattypically produces PSP neurotoxins(g<strong>on</strong>yautoxins 1,2,3,4), as well aspoorly characterizedallelochemicals. Within the EU-Project ESTTAL (ExpressedSequence Tags of Toxic <strong>Algae</strong>), weaim to identify candidate genes andprocesses putatively involved intoxicity and allelochemicalinteracti<strong>on</strong>s, and in growthregulati<strong>on</strong> and stress resp<strong>on</strong>ses. Toobtain RNA samples linked withphysiological status, batch culturesof A. minutum were grown underdifferent envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s,yielding differences in growth, PSPtoxin producti<strong>on</strong>, and allelochemicalpotency. As a basis for geneexpressi<strong>on</strong> analysis, we generateda normalized cDNA library, fromwhich about 10,000 expressedsequence tags (ESTs) weregenerated. Annotati<strong>on</strong> of these datayielded first insights into thegenome of A. minutum. Based <strong>on</strong>the EST library, we designed anolig<strong>on</strong>ucleotide microarray, whichwill be used to screen fordifferences in gene expressi<strong>on</strong>am<strong>on</strong>g the differently treated A.minutum cultures. Here we presentthe results of the EST libraryanalysis, the design of themicroarray, and physiological dataof cultures grown for geneexpressi<strong>on</strong> analysis.PO.06-24Dynamic modelling ofcyanobacterial blooms in lakesusing ECO LabSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.06 - Populati<strong>on</strong> dynamicsH Kaas 1 , A CHR Erichsen 1 , P Stæhr 21 DHI Water & Envir<strong>on</strong>ment, HØRSHOLM,Denmark2 Freshwater Biological Laboratory;University of Copenhagen,COPENHAGEN, DenmarkCyanobacterial blooms are wellknown to produce toxins that pose ahealth threat to humans. Therefore201

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