Pseudo-nitzschia

Category

Nitzschioid
Class

Bacillariophyceae
Order

Bacillariales
Family

Bacillariaceae

Type Species

Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Perag.

Contributor

Mike Sullivan, Tom Frankovich - Nov 2022

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Bates, S.S., Hubbard, K.A., Lundholm, N., Montresor, M. and Leaw, C.P. (2018) Pseudo-nitzschia, Nitzschia, and domoic acid: new research since 2011. Harmful Algae 79: 3-43.
Hasle, G.R. (1995) Pseudo-nitzschia pungens and P. multiseries (Bacillariophyceae): nomenclatural history, morphology, and distribution Journal of Phycology 31: 428-435
Hasle, G.R., Lange, C.B. and Syvertsen, E.E. (1996) A review of Pseudo-nitzschia, with special reference to the Skagerrak, North Atlantic, and adjacent waters. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 50: 131-175
Lelong, A., Hégaret, H., Soudant, P. and Bates, S.S. (2012) Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms. Phycologia 51(2): 168-216.
Lim, H.C., Tan, S.N., Teng, S.T., Lundholm, N., Orive, E., David, H., Quijano-Scheggia, S., Leong, S.C.Y., Wolf, M., Bates, S.S,. Lim, P.T. and Leaw, C.P. (2018) Phylogeny and species delineation in the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyta) using COX1, LSU, and ITS2 RRNA genes: A perspective in character evolution. Journal of Phycology 54: 234-248

Publication Link: 10.1111/jpy.12620
Lundholm, N., Hasle, G.R., Fryxell, G.A. and Hargraves, P.E. (2002) Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of species within the Pseudo-nitzschia americana complex (Bacillariophyceae) with descriptions of two new species, Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana and Pseudo-nitzschia linea Phycologia 41: 480-497
Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Hasle, G.R. and Hoef-Emden, K. (2003) A study of the Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima /cuspidata complex (Bacillariophyceae): What is P. pseudodelicatissima? Journal of Phycology 39: 797–813
Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Kotaki, Y., Hoef-Emden, K., Scholin, C. and Miller, P. (2006) Inter- and intraspecific variation of the Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima complex (Bacillariophyceae) illustrated by rRNA probes, morphological data and phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 464-481

Publication Link: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00211.x
Mann, D.G., Trobajo, R., Sato, S., Li, C.L., Witkowski, A., Rimet, F., Ashworth, M.P., Hollands, R.M. and Theriot, E.C. (2021) Ripe for reassessment: A synthesis of available molecular data for the speciose diatom family Bacillariaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158(106985): 1-19.

Publication Link: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106985
Meave de Castillo, M.E. and Zamudio Resendiz, M.E. (2018) Toxic and potentially harmful diatoms in the Gulf of Mexico. Pages 21- 210, in: Steidinger, K.A. and Meave del Castillo (Eds.) Guide to the Identification of Harmful Microalgae in the Gulf of Mexico, DiggyPOD, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, 570 pp.
Peragallo, H. and Peragallo, M. (1897) Diatomées Marines de France Diatomées Marines de France et des Districts Maritimes Voisins. Reprint 1984 Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Germany, 491 pp. + Plates.
Trainer, V.L., Bates, S.S., Lundholm, N., Thessen, A.E., Cochlan, W.P., Adams, N.G. and Trick, C.G. (2012) Pseudo-nitzschia physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health. Harmful Algae 14: 271-300.

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Sullivan, M., Frankovich, T. (2022). Pseudo-nitzschia. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved November 16, 2025, from https://diatoms.org/genera/pseudo-nitzschia

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