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. 2014 Apr 22;6(4):1366–1384. doi: 10.3390/toxins6041366

Table 2.

Toxins and producer organisms.

Name Producer
Neurotoxins Anatoxin-a Anabaena, Aphanizomenon
Homo-anatoxin-a Oscillatoria (Planktothrix)
Anatoxin-a(s) Anabaena, Oscillatoria (Planktothrix)
Paralytic shellfish poisons (saxitoxins) Anabaena, Aphanizomenon
Hepatotoxins Cylindrospermopsin Aphanizomenon, Cylindrospermopsis
Microcystins Anabaena, Aphanocapsa, Microcystis, Oscillatoria (Planktothrix)
Nodularins Nodularia
Contact irritant-dermal toxins Aplysiatoxin Schizothrix