Gonyaulax

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alga of the genus Gonyaulax.

    "Recently, a gonyaulax toxin was purified from an axenic culture of the alga, Gonyaulax catanella, and this toxin has been shown to be chemically identical with saxitoxin (Schantz et al., 1966)."

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"Recently, a gonyaulax toxin was purified from an axenic culture of the alga, Gonyaulax catanella, and this toxin has been shown to be chemically identical with saxitoxin (Schantz et al., 1966)."

Etymology

Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”)

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