>It's "ciguatera". Most prevalent of all of the baddies you can get from >seafood hereabouts, although not so serious as Vibrio vulnificus. e If I remember aright ciguatera toxin occurs in the muscle of some puffer fish. The barracuda eats the fish and adsorbs the toxin. It's an unusual toxin in that it is one of the few, if not the only one, that is produced by more than one kind of organism. It's also a component of the Red Tide, being produced by a dinoflagellate protozoan as well as some other critters. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 11 1999 - 23:09:35 PDT
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