Pfiesteria 'Fesses Up. From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Weinhold, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2001 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A New Clue to Its Toxicity

Like Houdini, the mysterious dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida hasn't been inclined to surrender the secrets of how it works. But with enough creative poking and prodding, something was likely to give, and it has. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service and from North Carolina State University in Raleigh sought to identify the receptor targeted by the still unknown P. piscicida toxin or to...

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