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Pfiesteria piscicida

Known as: Pfiesteria piscicidas, piscicida, Pfiesteria 
A dinoflagellate with a life cycle that includes numerous flagellated, amoeboid, and encysted stages. Both the flagellated and amoeboid forms produce… Expand
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DinophyceaePfiesteria
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Responding to Pfiesteria piscicida (the Fish Killer)
Based on an analysis of an ongoing scientific—political controversy over the toxicity of a fish-killing microorganism, this paper… Expand
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2007
2007
Metal complexes and free radical toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida.
Metal-containing organic toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida were characterized, for the first time, by corroborating data… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Reversal of eutrophication following sewage treatment upgrades in the New River Estuary, North Carolina
The New River Estuary consists of a series of broad shallow lagoons draining a catchment area of 1,436 km2, located in Onslow… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Metabolism by Pfiesteria-Associated Roseobacter spp.
ABSTRACT The Roseobacter clade of marine bacteria is often found associated with dinoflagellates, one of the major producers of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A bacterium that inhibits the growth of Pfiesteria piscicida and other dinoflagellates
Toxic dinoflagellate blooms have increased in estuaries of the east coast of the United States in recent years, and the discovery… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Assessing temporal and spatial variability in Pfiesteria piscicida distributions using molecular probing techniques
The toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida has been identified in coastal waters and estuaries along the Atlantic coast of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Development of Real-Time PCR Assays for Rapid Detection of Pfiesteria piscicida and Related Dinoflagellates
ABSTRACT Pfiesteria complex species are heterotrophic and mixotrophic dinoflagellates that have been recognized as harmful algal… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Heteroduplex mobility assay-guided sequence discovery: elucidation of the small subunit (18S) rDNA sequences of Pfiesteria piscicida and related dinoflagellates from complex algal culture and…
The newly described heterotrophic estuarine dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida has been linked with fish kills in field and… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pfiesteria piscicida and other Pfiesreria‐like dinoflagellates: Behavior, impacts, and environmental controls
Toxic Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates have been implicated as causative agents of major fish kills (affecting 10 3 -10 9 fish) in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Response of Pasteurella piscicida and Flexibacter maritimus to skin mucus of marine fish.
The antibacterial activity present in the s k ~ n mucus of turbot Scophthalmus maximus, seabream Sparus aurdtd and seabass… Expand
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