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 lipopeptidedragomabin[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]
^Engene, Niclas; Paul, Valerie J.; Byrum, Tara; Gerwick, William H.; Thor, Andrea; Ellisman, Mark H.; De Clerck, O. (2013). "Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota)". J. Phycol. 49 (6): 1095–1106. doi:10.1111/jpy.12115. PMID27007630. S2CID35379310.
^McGregor, Glenn B.; Sendall, Barbara C.; Lindell, D. (2015). "Phylogeny and toxicology ofLyngbya wollei(Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) from north-eastern Australia, with a description ofMicroseiragen. nov". J. Phycol. 51 (1): 109–119. doi:10.1111/jpy.12256. PMID26986262. S2CID206147172.
^James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN978-0-7216-2921-6.
^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).
^Osborne, Nicholas J.T.; Webb, Penny M.; Shaw, Glen R. (November 2001). "The toxins of Lyngbya majuscula and their human and ecological health effects". Environment International. 27 (5): 381–392. doi:10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00098-8. PMID11757852.
