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. 1990 Nov;56(11):3615–3619. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.11.3615-3619.1990

Vibrios associated with red tides caused by Mesodinium rubrum.

J L Romalde 1, J L Barja 1, A E Toranzo 1
PMCID: PMC185036  PMID: 2268167

Abstract

Vibrios were isolated from red tides caused by Mesodinium rubrum and also throughout the year in the Ria de Pontevedra, Spain. The isolates were grouped into 14 phena by numerical toxonomy. Strains associated with red tides were restricted to four phena: phena I and II were Vibrio alginolyticus, and phena III and IV were Vibrio tubiashii and Vibrio anguillarum, respectively. V. anguillarum-like strains (phena V through XI) predominated throughout the year outside the red tide areas. Cytotoxicity assays conducted in different poikilothermic and homoiothermic cell lines showed that cytotoxin production was not necessarily associated with the species selected during the red tides.

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