Lyngbya majuscula explained

Lyngbya majuscula is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Lyngbya. It is named after the Dane Hans Christian Lyngbye.

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from the genus Lyngbya: e.g., Moorea,[1] Limnoraphis,[2] Okeania,[3] Microseira,[4] and Dapis.[5] Several specimens identified as L. majuscula and collected in marine tropical regions are now classified as members of the genera Okeania and Moorea.

L. majuscula is the cause of seaweed dermatitis.[6]

Chemical constituents

Almost 300 different secondary metabolites have been isolated from specimens identified as L. majuscula.[7] However, most of these studies lack a molecular identification of the samples. The toxins antillatoxin and kalkitoxin[8] and the lipopeptide dragomabin[9] have been isolated from L. majuscula. Serinolamide A is a cannabinoid structurally related to anandamide that has been found to occur in Lyngbya majuscula.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Engene. N.. Rottacker. E. C.. Kastovsky. J.. Byrum. T.. Choi. H.. Ellisman. M. H.. Komarek. J.. Gerwick. W. H.. Moorea producens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Moorea bouillonii comb. nov., tropical marine cyanobacteria rich in bioactive secondary metabolites. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.. 62. Pt 5. 2011. 1171–1178. 10.1099/ijs.0.033761-0. 21724952. 3542135.
  2. Komarek. Jiri. Zapomelova. Eliska. Smarda. Jan. Kopecky. Jiri. Rejmankova. Eliska. Woodhouse. Jason. Neilan. Brett A.. Komarkova. Jaroslava. Polyphasic evaluation of Limnoraphis robusta, a water-bloom forming cyanobacterium from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, with a description of Limnoraphis gen. nov.. Fottea. 13. 1. 2013. 39–52. 10.5507/fot.2013.004. free.
  3. Engene. Niclas. Paul. Valerie J.. Byrum. Tara. Gerwick. William H.. Thor. Andrea. Ellisman. Mark H.. De Clerck. O.. Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota). J. Phycol.. 49. 6. 2013. 1095–1106. 27007630 . 10.1111/jpy.12115. 35379310.
  4. McGregor. Glenn B.. Sendall. Barbara C.. Lindell. D.. Phylogeny and toxicology ofLyngbya wollei(Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) from north-eastern Australia, with a description ofMicroseiragen. nov.. J. Phycol.. 51. 1. 2015. 109–119. 10.1111/jpy.12256. 26986262. 206147172.
  5. Engene. Niclas. Tronholm. Ana. Paul. Valerie J.. De Clerck. O.. Uncovering cryptic diversity of Lyngbya: the new tropical marine cyanobacterial genus Dapis (Oscillatoriales). J. Phycol.. 54. 4. 2018. 435–446. 10.1111/jpy.12752. 29791035. free.
  6. Book: James, William D. . Berger, Timothy G. . Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology . Saunders Elsevier . 2006 . 978-0-7216-2921-6 . etal.
  7. Blunt, J. W. & Munro, M. H. G. 2017. Marinlit Database. Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Available at: http://pubs.rsc.org/marinlit/ (last accessed 24 May 2017).
  8. Osborne. Nicholas J.T.. Webb. Penny M.. Shaw. Glen R.. The toxins of Lyngbya majuscula and their human and ecological health effects. Environment International. November 2001. 27. 5. 381–392. 10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00098-8. 11757852.
  9. McPhail. Kerry L.. Correa. Jhonny. Linington. Roger G.. González. José. Ortega-Barría. Eduardo. Capson. Todd L.. Gerwick. William H.. Antimalarial Linear Lipopeptides from a Panamanian Strain of the Marine Cyanobacterium. Journal of Natural Products. June 2007. 70. 6. 984–988. 10.1021/np0700772. 17441769. 2745555.
  10. 10.1021/np200610t . Cannabinomimetic Lipid from a Marine Cyanobacterium . 2011 . Gutiérrez . Marcelino . Pereira . Alban R. . Debonsi . Hosana M. . Ligresti . Alessia . Di Marzo . Vincenzo . Gerwick . William H. . Journal of Natural Products . 74 . 10 . 2313–2317 . 21999614 . 3325759 .

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