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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 2006and -2 (5:1) were detected,suggesting that AZA-3 and -6 maybe produced by in vivobiotransformati<strong>on</strong> in shellfish.SPATT disks are a c<strong>on</strong>venient toolfor m<strong>on</strong>itoring toxigenic algalblooms, and should also be usefulfor identifying toxigenic algalspecies and studying toxinmetabolism.PO.05-17Microcystins in the NIES CertifiedReference Materials No. 26Sessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.05 - Toxin analysisT Sano 1 , H Takagi 1 , M Nishikawa 1 , KKaya 21 Nati<strong>on</strong>al Institute for Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Stu,TSUKUBA, Japan2 Tohoku University, SENDAI, JapanThe Certified Reference Material(CRM) for metal elements andmicrocystin analyses was preparedby NIES. The microcystins in theCRM are mainly [Dha7]microcystin-RR and -LR. To determinemicrocystin c<strong>on</strong>tent in the CRM, welooked up authorized standards of[Dha7]microcystin variants.However, we could not obtain thestandards. The microcystin c<strong>on</strong>tentin the CRM was thereforedetermined according to the MMPBmethod. In the LC-MS analysis ofthe CRM, the results suggested theexistence of [Dha7]microcystin-YR,[D-Asp3, Dha7]microcystin-RR and[D-Asp3, Dha7]microcystin-LR asthe previously identified variants,and some unknown microcystins asminor variants. The NMR and MSspectra of the minor variants weremeasured for the elucidati<strong>on</strong> of thestructures. Amino acid compositi<strong>on</strong>sof the variants were also analyzed.All the data show that the minorvariants are novel microcystinvariants.The CRM is useful not <strong>on</strong>ly asstandard material for quantificati<strong>on</strong>of microcystins but also foridentificati<strong>on</strong> of [Dha7]microcystinvariants. The CRM No. 26 withanalytical data of microcystinvariants has been supplied aroundthe world.PO.01-04Development of microsatellitemarkers to study the populati<strong>on</strong>genetics of Skelot<strong>on</strong>ema sp. - amarine diatomSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.01 - GeneticsV SaravananCollege of Fisheries, MANGALORE, IndiaSkelot<strong>on</strong>ema is a marine diatomspecies that c<strong>on</strong>tributes significantlyto phytoplankt<strong>on</strong> blooms. Restingstages are abundant in sediments.Allozyme studies have showngenetic differences between springand autumn populati<strong>on</strong>s ofSkelet<strong>on</strong>ema. Recent studies haveshown that phytoplankt<strong>on</strong> can haveextensive intraspecific variati<strong>on</strong>within a geographic locati<strong>on</strong>. Thisvariati<strong>on</strong> can be measured usinggenetic markers such as RAPD andmicrosatellite DNA. Thesetechniques can be applied to withinspeciesanalyses of Skelot<strong>on</strong>emaresting stages and plankt<strong>on</strong>ic cellsto study populati<strong>on</strong> differences.Microsatellites have never beenused to discriminate betweenplankt<strong>on</strong>ic and benthic life stages ofmicroalgal species. In the presentstudy, Skelet<strong>on</strong>ema genomic DNAlibraries were c<strong>on</strong>structed bymicrosatellite methods, andsequence data of microsatellitepositive cl<strong>on</strong>es were obtained forPCR primer development. We havelocated (CA)n and (AT)n coresequences within the genome.Primer sequences flanking these274

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