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Table 2 Cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharides and lethality

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]

  1. *galactosamine-sensitised (= TNF-α hypersensitised)
  2. adrenalectomised mice
  3. ** assumed weight of mice: 20 g