Table 1.
Overview over the Alexandrium minutum strains used in this study, their genome size, genomic sxtA4 CPNs, and average total PST content.
| Strain | Isolation |
Genome |
sxtA4 |
Total PST |
Toxin group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Synonym) | Location | Year | Size [pg] | SD | CPN cell-1 | SD | fmol cell-1 | SD | ∗ |
| AL1V (CCMP113) | Ria de Vigo, Spain | 1987 | 22.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.442 | 0.000 | 1 |
| VGO722 | Cambrils, Catalonia, Spain | 2003 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.269 | 0.292 | 1 |
| AMP13 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1995 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 6.200 | 4.111 | 1 |
| AL10C | Estartit, Catalonia, Spain | 2002 | 24.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.115 | 0.026 | 1 |
| VGO942 | Adriatic Sea, Italy | 2008 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.681 | 0.731 | 1 |
| AL4V | Ria de Vigo, Spain | 2000 | 25.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 2.358 | 0.360 | 1 |
| Min3 | Arenys, Catalonia, Spain | 2002 | 25.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.650 | 0.439 | 1 |
| VGO577 | Girona, Catalonia, Spain | 2002 | 25.7 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 6.574 | 4.336 | 1 |
| AMP4 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1995 | 26.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 8.446 | 2.762 | 1 |
| VGO874 | Boughrara, Tunesia | 2006 | 29.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.531 | 0.181 | 1 |
| RCC3227 | Rance river, Brittany, France | 2011 | 25.4 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 3.3 | 3.303 | 4.689 | 2 |
| RCC3337 | Penzé river, Brittany, France | 2011 | 26.3 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.850 | 1.108 | 2 |
| VGO650 | Brittany, France | 2003 | 26.5 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 15.915 | 3.343 | 2 |
| VGO651 | Brittany, France | 2003 | 26.9 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 17.773 | 8.888 | 2 |
| VGO663 | Sardina, Italy | 2003 | 29.6 | 2.6 | N.D. | N.D. | 3 | ||
SD, standard deviation; CPN, copy number per genome; N.D, not detected; ∗group 1, mainly GTX1/4 and GTX2/3; group 2, mainly C1/2, GTX2/3; group 3, no PST detected.