Cyanobacteria — A division of the kingdom Prokaryotae consisting of unicellular or filamentous bacteria that are either nonmotile or possess a gliding motility, reproduce by binary fission, and perform photosynthesis with the production of oxygen. These blue… … Medical dictionary
Cyanobacteria — Temporal range: 3500–0 Ma Had n Archean … Wikipedia
Shellfish poisoning — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32220 ICD10 = ICD10|T|61|2|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|988.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 528 MeshID = There are four syndromes called shellfish poisoning, which… … Wikipedia
Paralytic shellfish poisoning — (PSP) is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning (the others being neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning). All four syndromes share some common features and are… … Wikipedia
Anabaena — A genus of Cyanobacteria found in fresh water that can cause odor in water supplies; although not invasive pathogens, they produce potent saxitoxinlike neurotoxins that can poison farm animals ingesting heavily infected pond water. * * *… … Medical dictionary
Aphanizomenon — Aphan·i·zo·men·on (ə fan″ĭ zo menґon) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning … Medical dictionary
Gloeotrichia — Gloe·o·trich·ia (gle″o trikґe ə) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning … Medical dictionary
Microcystis — Mi·cro·cys·tis (mi″kro sisґtis) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminates water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning. Called also Anacystis … Medical dictionary
Nodularia — Nod·u·la·ria (nod″u laґre ə) a genus of cyanobacteria; certain species, such as N. spumiґgena, sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning … Medical dictionary
Oscillatoria — Os·cil·la·to·ria (ə sil″ə toґre ə) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning … Medical dictionary