From: Cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharides and human health – a review
CYANOBACTERIUM | LETHALITY | REFERENCE |
---|---|---|
Anacystis nidulans | non-toxic at 10 mg/kg** | [172] |
A. nidulans KM | 2.5 mg/kg† (= approx. 800-fold greater than Salmonella minnesota LPS) | [161] |
Phormidium spp. (x3) | all non-toxic at mean dose of 333 mg/kg | [286] |
Schizothrix calcicola | non-toxic at 200 mg/kg | [168] |
Anabaena flos-aquae UTEX 1444 Anabaena cylindrica UTEX 1611 Oscillatoria brevis | non-toxic at 250 mg/kg LD50 130 mg/kg LD50 190 mg/kg | [169] [169] [169] |
Microcystis aeruginosa 006 lipid A M. aeruginosa NRC-1 lipid A | LD50 approx 45 mg/kg** LD50 60 mg/kg** LD50 40 mg/kg** LD50 approx 45 mg/kg** | [159] [159] [159] [159] |
Spirulina platensis Lb 1475/4a | LD100 425 mg/kg** | [223] |
Microcystis sp. PCC 7806 | 1 of 3 mice* died at 50 μg/kg** | [160] |
M. aeruginosa (bloom sample) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii AWT 205 | no deaths at 70 mg/kg no deaths at 70 mg/kg | [156] [156] |