MIT researchers achieve breakthrough on red tide toxin

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: August 31, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

It's one of the mysteries of nature: How do microscopic plants in the ocean generate so much poison that they form red tide, massive floating algae blooms that kill the fish in their path and make entire shellfish beds toxic to people? Researchers don't even know why the little creatures secrete these chemicals, let alone how to make the poisons efficiently in their labs.

Now, chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have discovered the recipe for a major type of red tide - though not the type commonly found in New England. The research opens the door to a better ...

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