FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Tetrodotoxins in French Bivalve Mollusks—Analytical Methodology, Environmental Dynamics and Screening of Bacterial Strain Collections BT AF Réveillon, Damien Savar, Veronique Schaefer, Estelle Chevé, Julien Halm-Lemeille, Marie-Pierre Hervio-Heath, Dominique Travers, Marie-Agnes Abadie, Eric Rolland, Jean-Luc Hess, Philipp AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;6:4,5;7:6,7;8:8,9;9:7,9;10:1; FF 1:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;2:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;3:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL;6:PDG-RBE-PFOM-LARN;7:PDG-RBE-IHPE;8:PDG-RBE-BIODIVENV;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC;10:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC; C1 Ifremer, DYNECO, Laboratoire Phycotoxines, F-44000 Nantes, France Ifremer, LITTORAL, F-35800 Dinard, France Ifremer, LITTORAL, F-14520 Port en Bessin, France LEMAR, Université de Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, F-29280 Plouzané, France Ifremer, SG2M, Laboratoire LSEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France Ifremer, SG2M, Laboratoire LGPMM, F-17390 La Tremblade, France IHPE, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, F-34000 Montpellier, France Ifremer, Biodivenv, F-97231 Le Robert, France MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS, F-34000 Montpellier, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES DINARD PORT-EN-BESSIN BREST MONTPELLIER MARTINIQUE SETE SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN PDG-ODE-LITTORAL PDG-RBE-PFOM-LARN PDG-RBE-IHPE PDG-RBE-BIODIVENV PDG-RBE-MARBEC UM LEMAR MARBEC IHPE IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ IF 5.075 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84205/89130.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84205/89131.zip LA English DT Article DE ;emerging toxins;TTXs;REPHY;REMI;coastal and seafood contamination AB Tetrodotoxins (TTXs) are potentially lethal paralytic toxins that have been identified in European shellfish over recent years. Risk assessment has suggested comparatively low levels (44 µg TTX-equivalent/kg) but stresses the lack of data on occurrence. Both bacteria and dinoflagellates were suggested as possible biogenic sources, either from an endogenous or exogenous origin. We thus investigated TTXs in (i) 98 shellfish samples and (ii) 122 bacterial strains, isolated from French environments. We optimized a method based on mass spectrometry, using a single extraction step followed by ultrafiltration without Solid Phase Extraction and matrix-matched calibration for both shellfish and bacterial matrix. Limits of detection and quantification were 6.3 and 12.5 µg/kg for shellfish and 5.0 and 10 µg/kg for bacterial matrix, respectively. Even though bacterial matrix resulted in signal enhancement, no TTX analog was detected in any strain. Bivalves (either Crassostrea gigas or Ruditapes philippinarum) were surveyed in six French production areas over 2.5–3 month periods (2018–2019). Concentrations of TTX ranged from ‘not detected’ to a maximum of 32 µg/kg (Bay of Brest, 17 June 2019), with events lasting 2 weeks at maximum. While these results are in line with previous studies, they provide new data of TTX occurrence and confirm that the link between bacteria, bivalves and TTX is complex PY 2021 PD NOV SO Toxins SN 2072-6651 PU MDPI AG VL 13 IS 11 UT 000727718600001 DI 10.3390/toxins13110740 ID 84205 ER EF