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It causes parasitic shellfish poisoning in humans when ingested

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Alexandrium spp

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It is produced by dinoflagellates known as Karina Brevis

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Brevetoxin

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Neurotoxin that causes red tide and can be harmful to human causing short term memory loss when exposed directly

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Brevetoxin

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Causative agent of HABs that produces neurotoxin

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Pseudonizchia spp

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A cycle refers to the light independent reactions in photosynthesis that takes place in three key steps

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Calvin cycle

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A rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae(typically microscopic) in a water system

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Algal bloom

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Re coloured pigments that are abundant in members of red algae

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Phycoerythrin

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Blue coloured pigments that are principal pigments of blue green algae

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Phycocyanin

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Water soluble pigments that is blue and red in color. Commonly found in deep sea organisms for efficient absorption of light

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Phycobilins

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Example of Xanthophylls

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Lutein and zeaxanthin

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Are also called carotelos that is derivatives of carotelos

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Xanthophylls

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Example of carotenes

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Acarotene betacarotene and lycopene

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Carotenoids that are yellow coloured pigments. Do not have oxygen and absorb blue and green light and transmit yellow and red light

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Carotenes

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Fat soluble yellow pigments found in close association wuth chlorophylls. They protect chlorophylls from photo damage

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Carotenoids

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Recently discovered chlorophylls from stromatolites

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F

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Chlorophyll present in Xanthophyceae

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E

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Chlorophylls oresent in members of Rhodophyceae

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D

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Chlorophylls present in Bacillariophyceae

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C1 and C2

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Chlorophylls present in Chlorophyta

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B

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chlorophylls present in all groups of algae

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A

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Fat soluble green pigment that contains chlorins which absorb blue region and reflect green light

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Chlorophylls

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Calvin Cycle was discovered through

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Chlorella research in 1948

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Classes of Rhodophyta

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Rhodophyceae

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Mostly marine algae, main pigments are r-phycoeryhthrin and r-phycocyanin

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Rhodophyta

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Classes of Cyanophyta
Cyanophyceae or Myxophyceae
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Main pigments are c phycocyanin and c phycoerythrin
Cyanophyta
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Classes of Phaeophyta
Isogenerateae, Hetero, Cyclosporeae
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pigments are a, c, and fucoxanthin
Phaeophyta
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Classes of Chrysophyta
Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Bacillariophyceae
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Main pigments are carotenes and xanthophylls
Chrysophyta
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Classes of Pyrrophyta
Desmophyceae Dinophyceae
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Chlorophylls a, c, Beta carotene, xanthophylls are main pigments
Pyrrophyta
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Classes of Euglenophyta includes
Euglenophyceae
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Plants are freshwater abd terrestrial. Chlorophylls a, b, and Beta carotene are dominant pigments
Division Euglenophyta
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Chlorophylls a, b, and beta carotene are dominant pigments
Euglenophyta
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Classes of Chlorophyta includes
Chlorophyceae and Charophyceae
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Chlorophyll a and b are dominant pigments. Reserve food is starch
Chlorophyta
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Are organisms that carry out photosynthesis. Using energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water are converted into organic materials
Photoautotrophs
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Are highly diverse group of microscopic single celled photosynthetic organisms that ooccur naturally in the most aquatic environments on earth
Microalgae
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Cryptosporidium is an example of what group of protozoans
Coccidians
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A microsporidians that causes neon tetra disease
Pleistophora
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Pleistophora is an example of what of protozoans
Microsporidians
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A microsporidians that causes stomach infestation with white knots
Glugea
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Glugea is an example of what protozoan group
Microsporidians
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A spore forming group of protozoans
Microsporidians
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Henneguya is an example of
Myxozoans
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Myxozoans that causes tapioca pearl disease or milky flesh due to white cysts present on the muscle tissues
Henneguya
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A myxozoans freshwater organisms that causes whirling or spinning disease in fish
Myxobolous
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Myxobolous is an example of what group of protozoans
Myxozoans
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Phylum of metazoans that is related to cnidarians and classified as protozoans
Myxozoans
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Hexamita is an example of
flagellates
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A flagellate that causes infestation on koi gills
Ichtyobodo
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A flagellate that causes infestation on marine fish that targets eyes and head of the fish
Hexamita
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Ichtyobodo is an example of
Freshwater Flagellates
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A group of protozoans characterized by having whip like appendages used for locomotion
Flagellates
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A ciliate that causes infestation on fish gills
trichodina
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Cryptocaryon is an example of
Ciliates
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Trichodina is an example of
Ciliates
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Ciliate parasite that causes infestation on fish gills
Trichodina
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Ichthyopthirius multifilis is an example of
Ciliates
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A ciliate that causes ich(white spot) disease in catfish
Ichthyopthirius multifilis
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Fish parasitic protozoans with cilia
Ciliates
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With practice, they are the easiest to control and identify
Parasitic protozoans
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Thin extension of cytoplasm in foraminiferans used for locomotion, feeding, and attachments
Pseudopodia
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A shell of foraminiferans that is composed of calcium carbonate
Test
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Cell wall of bacteria has content known as
Peptidoglycan
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Penicillin is derived from
Fungi
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Biogeochemically important in the formation of carbonate sediments
Foraminiferans
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Marine mold that causes diseases like saprolegniosis
Oomycetes
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True fungi that causes black gill disease of prawns
Fusarim spp
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Also called straminipiles, straminipolous organisms, chromists, chromistan protists
Lower fungi or zoosporic fungi
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Most fungal infection of aquatic animals in both marine and freshwater environments are caused by
Lower fungi of zoosporic fungi
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Also known as Hemorrhagic septicemia
Motile Aeromonad septicemia
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How do bacteria causes disease?
Enter the host Multiply, Interfere with defense mechanism Damage tissues
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A type of transmission of disease from brooder to egg and fry
Vertical Transmission
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A type of transmission of disease from fish to fish and reservoir to fish
Horizontal transmission
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They are the simplest type of microbes and not considered as organisms but a living particle
Virus
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Obligate intracellular parasites because they can only replicate in association with a host cell whichc they infect
VIrus
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They are made up of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and protein have some of the characteristics of life. They lack ribosomes for protein synthesis, membranes, and means to generate energy
Virus
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Are motile because they are predatory on other microbes and have to catch and ingest their food
Protozoans
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Are animal-like, non-photosynthetis eukaryotes common in moist environments, including the intestinal tracts of animals
Protozoans
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The kingdom includes mushroom, molds, and yeasts. Yeasts are trully unicellular, while molds and mushrooms are nulticellular
Fungi
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Are non-photosynthetic, generally non-motile, that absorb their nutrients directly from the environment
Fungi
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Are also Unicellular prokaryotic organisms that have a unique type of cell wal and cell membranes that distinguishes them from Archaea
Bacteria
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Are a group or unicellular, prokaryotic cells that sometimes produce methane during their metabolism, and which often lives in extreme environments such as high temperature, low pH or high salt concentration
Archaea
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With distincyc nucleus surrounded by membrane that separate it from other contents of the cell
Eukaryotic cells
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Do not contain membrane bound nucleus. Instead, their hereditary material is suspended in a portion of cytoplasm called the nucleoid
Prokaryotic cells
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Unicellular organisms capable of existing as single cells
Microbes

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