From: Cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to freshwater cyanobacteria – human volunteer studies
Test material or species | Patch series type | Strain | Source | Cyanotoxin (concentration in 0.25% w/v lyophilised cyanobacteria patch preparation) |
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Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, aka sodium lauryl sulfate) | Positive irritant control | Sigma-Aldrich P/L | ||
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | AWT 205 Non-axenic | Australian Water Technologies culture collection Sydney, Australia | Cylindrospermopsin (2.0 mg/L) |
C. raciborskii | Cyanobacterial LPS extract | AWT 205 Non-axenic | Australian Water Technologies culture collection Sydney, Australia | |
Microcystis aeruginosa C. raciborskii Aphanizomenon sp. | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | Field sample, North Pine Dam (South-east Queensland, Australia) | Microcystins (200 μg/L total microcystins expressed as MC-LR); cylindrospermopsin (6.4 μg/L) | |
M. aeruginosa | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | Field sample, Lake Coolmunda (Southern Queensland, Australia) | Non-toxic (nil detect for microcystins) | |
M. aeruginosa | Cyanobacterial LPS extract | Field sample, Lake Coolmunda (Southern Queensland, Australia) | ||
M. aeruginosa | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | QH/NR/Ma/03 Non-axenic | Queensland Health Scientific Services culture collection, Brisbane, Australia | Microcystins [predominantly microcystin-LR] (1.60 mg/L total microcystins expressed as MC-LR) |
Anabaena circinalis | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | Field sample, Lake Coolmunda (Southern Queensland, Australia) | Saxitoxins (19 μg/L total saxitoxins expressed as saxitoxin) | |
Planktothrix sp. | Cyanobacterial cell suspension | QH/NR/Px/01 Non-axenic | Queensland Health Scientific Services culture collection, Brisbane, Australia | Non-toxic (nil detect for microcystins) |
Chlorella vulgaris | Green algal cell suspension | CS-42 Non-axenic | CSIRO collection of living microalgae, Hobart, Australia |