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Images for news release:
New instrument enables remote
detection
of toxic algae in real time
News
release
Media Contact:
Debbie Meyer, 831-775-1807, pressroom@mbari.org.
Note: These images may not be copied,
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831-775-1807.
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Molecular biologist Chris
Scholin at work in the laboratory.
Mark Leet for MBARI © 1997
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Mechanical Engineer Gene Massion working on the ESP.
Photo by Todd Walsh © 2000 MBARI
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ESP DNA probe array revealing the presence of two
different species
of toxic algae. The two large bright spots near the top and left
of the image are orientation registration marks. The four large spots
near the bottom of the image are probes specific for Alexandrium
tamarense, a dinoflagellate associated with the human disorder
known as paralytic shellfish poisoning. The four faint spots near the
top of the image are probes specific for Pseudo-nitzschia australis,
a diatom known to produce the neurotoxin domoic acid. © 2001
MBARI
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Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), left, which is enclosed in a
housing for deployment at right. © 2000
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