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Cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharides and lethality |
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| CYANOBACTERIUM |
LETHALITY |
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| Anacystis nidulans |
non-toxic at 10 mg/kg** |
[172] |
| A. nidulans KM |
2.5 mg/kg† (= approx. 800-fold greater than Salmonella minnesota LPS) |
[161] |
| Phormidium spp. (x3) |
all non-toxic at mean dose of 333 mg/kg |
[286] |
| Schizothrix calcicola |
non-toxic at 200 mg/kg |
[168] |
| Anabaena flos-aquae UTEX 1444 Anabaena cylindrica UTEX 1611 Oscillatoria brevis |
non-toxic at 250 mg/kg LD50 130 mg/kg LD50 190 mg/kg |
[169] [169] [169] |
| Microcystis aeruginosa 006 lipid A M. aeruginosa NRC-1 lipid A |
LD50 approx 45 mg/kg** LD50 60 mg/kg** LD50 40 mg/kg** LD50 approx 45 mg/kg** |
[159] [159] [159] [159] |
| Spirulina platensis Lb 1475/4a |
LD100 425 mg/kg** |
[223] |
| Microcystis sp. PCC 7806 |
1 of 3 mice* died at 50 μg/kg** |
[160] |
| M. aeruginosa (bloom sample) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii AWT 205 |
no deaths at 70 mg/kg no deaths at 70 mg/kg |
[156] [156] |
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*galactosamine-sensitised (= TNF-α hypersensitised) † adrenalectomised mice ** assumed weight of mice: 20 g | ||
Stewart et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2006 5:7 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-5-7 |
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