FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Molecular Phylogeny, Morphology, Growth and Toxicity of Three Benthic Dinoflagellates Ostreopsis sp. 9, Prorocentrum lima and Coolia monotis Developing in Strait of Gibraltar, Southwestern Mediterranean BT AF Ibghi, Mustapha Rijal Leblad, Benlahcen L’Bachir El Kbiach, Mohammed Aboualaalaa, Hicham Daoudi, Mouna Masseret, Estelle LE FLOC'H, Emilie Hervé, Fabienne Bilien, Gwenael Chomerat, Nicolas Amzil, Zouher Laabir, Mohamed AS 1:1,2,3;2:1;3:2;4:1,2,3;5:1;6:3;7:3;8:4;9:5;10:5;11:4;12:3; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG;9:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;10:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;11:PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG;12:; C1 Marine Environment Monitoring Laboratory, INRH (Moroccan Institute of Fisheries Research), Tangier 90000, Morocco Equipe de Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University Tetouan, Tetouan 93000, Morocco MARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, 34095 Montpellier, France Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea)/PHYTOX/METALG, 44311 Nantes, France IFREMER, Unité Littoral, Station de Biologie Marine, Place de la Croix, 29185 Concarneau, France C2 INRH, MOROCCO UNIV ABDELMALEK ESSAADI, MOROCCO CNRS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES CONCARNEAU SE PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 4.2 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00872/98407/107804.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;benthic harmful algal blooms;southwestern Mediterranean;Prorocentrum lima;Coolia monotis;Ostreopsis sp. 9;growth;toxins AB Few works have been carried out on benthic harmful algal blooms (BHAB) species in the southern Mediterranean and no data are available for the highly dynamic Strait of Gibraltar (western Mediterranean waters). For the first time, Ostreopsis sp. 9, Prorocentrum lima and Coolia monotis were isolated in this key region in terms of exchanges between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and subject to intense maritime traffic. Ribotyping confirmed the morphological identification of these three dinoflagellates species. Monoclonal cultures were established and the maximum growth rate and cell yield were measured at a temperature of 24 °C and an irradiance of 90 µmol photons m−2 s−1, for each species: 0.26 ± 0.02 d−1 (8.75 × 103 cell mL−1 after 28 days) for Ostreopsis sp. 9, 0.21 ± 0.01 d−1 (49 × 103 cell mL−1 after 145 days) for P. lima and 0.21 ± 0.01 d−1 (10.02 × 103 cell mL−1 after 28 days) for C. monotis. Only P. lima was toxic with concentrations of okadaic acid and dinophysistoxin-1 measured in optimal growth conditions ranging from 6.4 pg cell−1 to 26.97 pg cell−1 and from 5.19 to 25.27 pg cell−1, respectively. The toxin content of this species varied in function of the growth phase. Temperature influenced the growth and toxin content of P. lima. Results suggest that future warming of Mediterranean coastal waters may lead to higher growth rates and to increases in cellular toxin levels in P. lima. Nitrate and ammonia affected the toxin content of P. lima but no clear trend was noted. In further studies, we have to isolate other BHAB species and strains from Strait of Gibraltar waters to obtain more insight into their diversity and toxicity. PY 2024 PD JAN SO Toxins SN 2072-6651 PU MDPI AG VL 16 IS 1 UT 001152856000001 DI 10.3390/toxins16010049 ID 98407 ER EF