TABLE 2.

Bioassays with Australian Aspergillus sydowii spores and/or hyphae^a

Test organism	Spores and/or hyphae	Parameter	Value (mean ± SD) with exposure time (days)
			0	1	2	4
Rainbow trout fish gill cells	Spores	% viability (alamarBlue staining)	100 ± 3	95 ± 16***	NT	NT
Raphidophyte Chattonella marina	Spores	% elongated cells	0	2.2 ± 1.7**	1.2 ± 1.2**	NT
Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella	Spores	% swimming cells	74 ± 7.2	68 ± 4.2***	53 ± 3.3***	NT
Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp.	Spores	% swimming cells	64 ± 5; 64 ± 3.2	14 ± 15***; 9 ± 6.2**	52 ± 3.8***; 49 ± 4.6**	51 ± 4.4***; 49 ± 4.4**
Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp.	Spores + hyphae	% swimming cells	48 ± 6	0 ± 0***	5 ± 0 ***	41 ± 18**; 11 ± 8.3***

^aDosing for spores: *, 3 mm²; **, 6 mm²; ***, 9 mm². Dosing for spores plus hyphae: *, 9 mm³; **, 18 mm³; ***, 27 mm³. NT, not tested.