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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 2006has currently been sequenced andgene-finding and annotati<strong>on</strong>analysis has identified andexamined over 150 open readingframes (ORF’s). This informati<strong>on</strong>has provided an insight into thephysiology of a toxin-producingcyanobacterial bloom metagenomeand identified proteins of interestboth ecologically and in terms ofpotential in industrial processes.PO.11-03Species-specific allelopathicinteracti<strong>on</strong>s involving the red tidedinoflagellate Karenia brevisSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.11 - AllelopathyEK Prince 1 , T Myers 1 , J Naar 2 , JKubanek 11 Georgia Institute of Technology,ATLANTA, United States of America2 University of North Carolina at Wilmingt,WILMINGTON, United States of AmericaCompetiti<strong>on</strong> is <strong>on</strong>e of the dominantprocesses structuring marinepelagic communities. Allelopathy, amechanism of interferencecompetiti<strong>on</strong> by which <strong>on</strong>e speciesinhibits another via excreti<strong>on</strong> ofnatural products, may allow aphytoplankt<strong>on</strong> species with poornutrient acquisiti<strong>on</strong> abilities to be adominant competitor, and may alsoc<strong>on</strong>tribute to the formati<strong>on</strong> ofharmful algal blooms (HABs) byexcluding n<strong>on</strong>-bloom-formingspecies. We have found thatallelopathy is comm<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g Gulfof Mexico phytoplankt<strong>on</strong> species,but that compounds other than wellknownHAB neurotoxins aretypically involved. Bioassay-guidedfracti<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, followed byspectroscopic identificati<strong>on</strong> ofallelopathic compounds, is beingused to identify the molecularstructures of allelopathiccompounds produced by the redtide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis.Allelopathy may also be inducible,whereby the presence of a specificcompetitor led to increasedallelopathy by K. brevis.PO.11-04Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel,its haeomolytic and allelopathiceffectsSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.11 - AllelopathyYZ Qi 1 , JS Liu 1 , WD Yang 1 , XC Peng 1 ,SH Lu 1 , Y Wang 1 , JF Chen 1 , TJ Jiang 1 ,ZH Wang 1 , YH Gao 2 , VR Mari<strong>on</strong> 31 Jinan University, GUANGZHOU, China2 Xiamen University, XIAMEN, China3 University of Gr<strong>on</strong>ingen, HAREN, TheNetherlandsPhaeocystis globosa blooms wererecorded in China since 1997. Thephysiological characteristics of thisspecies, as well as characters of itshaemolysins were described.Haemolytic substances producedunder nutrient limitati<strong>on</strong> showed anallelopathic resp<strong>on</strong>se to adversec<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. Potential allelopathiceffects <strong>on</strong> three harmful bloomalgae, Prorocentrum d<strong>on</strong>ghaiense,Chatt<strong>on</strong>ella marina and Chatt<strong>on</strong>ellaovata were studied. Growth of C.marina and C. ovata was inhibitedc<strong>on</strong>siderably when co-cultured withP. globosa or cultured in cell-freespent medium. Haemolytic extractsfrom P. globosa cells in thesenescence phase had a similarinhibitory effect <strong>on</strong> the three HABspecies. The brine shrimp Artemiasalina was less affected by P.globosa. The results indicate that P.globosa has an allelopathic effect<strong>on</strong> microalgae, and this may explainits superior competitive abilities.Since additi<strong>on</strong> of the haemolytictoxins from P. globosa gave similareffects <strong>on</strong> the algae compared tospent media, these compoundscould be involved in the allelopaticacti<strong>on</strong>.265

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