Santiago Fraga

Researcher

Publications in the last 5 years

2017

Kohli, G.S., Campbell, K., John, U., Smith, K.F., Fraga, S., Rhodes, L.L., Murray, S.A., 2017. Role of Modular Polyketide Synthases in the Production of Polyether Ladder Compounds in Ciguatoxin-Producing Gambierdiscus polynesiensis and G. excentricus (Dinophyceae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12405

Pisapia, F., Holland, W.C., Hardison, D.R., Litaker, R.W., Fraga, S., Nishimura, T., Adachi, M., Nguyen-Ngoc, L., Séchet, V., Amzil, Z., Herrenknecht, C., Hess, P., 2017. Toxicity screening of 13 Gambierdiscus strains using neuro-2a and erythrocyte lysis bioassays. Harmful Algae 63, 173-183.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.02.005

Berdalet, E., Tester, P.A., Chinain, M., Fraga, S., Lemée, R., Litaker, W., Penna, A., Usup, G., Vila, M., Zingone, A., 2017. Harmful algal blooms in benthic systems: Recent progress and future research. Oceanography 30(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.108

2016

Fraga, S., Rodríguez, F., Riobó, P., Bravo, I., 2016. Gambierdiscus balechii sp. nov (Dinophyceae), a new benthic toxic dinoflagellate from the Celebes Sea (SW Pacific Ocean). Harmful Algae, 58, 93-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.06.004

Delgado, G., Arencibia, G., Lucas, F., Rosquete, C.M., Fraga, S., 2016. A Cochlodinium polykrikoides Margalef bloom in the channels of Marina Hemingway, La Habana, Cuba. Harmful Algae News 53, 8. http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/1217/
Tester, P.A., Fraga, S. Regional Training Course on Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP): Field Monitoring and Toxin Data Management. Santo Domingo, October 26 – November 6, 2015. Harmful Algae News 53:19-20. http://www.e-pages.dk/ku/1217/

Álvarez, G., Uribe, E., Regueiro, J., Blanco, J., Fraga, S., 2016. Gonyaulax taylorii, a new yessotoxins-producer dinoflagellate species from Chilean waters. Harmful Algae 58, 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.07.006

2015

Fraga, S., Sampedro, N., Larsen, J., Moestrup, O., Calado, A.J., 2015. Arguments against the proposal 2302 by John & al. to reject the name Gonyaulax catenella (Alexandrium catenella). Taxon 64(3), 634-635. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/643.15
Nascimento, S.M., Melo, G., Salgueiro, F., Diniz, B.d.S., Fraga, S., 2015. Morphology of Gambierdiscus excentricus (Dinophyceae) with emphasis on sulcal plates. Phycologia 54(6), 628-639. http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/15-61.1

Penna, A., Perini, F., Dell’Aversano, C., Capellacci, S., Tartaglione, L., Giacobbe, M.G., Casabianca, S., Fraga, S., Ciminiello, P., Scardi, M., 2015. The sxt Gene and Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins as Markers for the Monitoring of Toxic Alexandrium Species Blooms. Environmental Science & Technology 49(24), 14230-14238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03298

Pitcher, G.C., Fraga, S., 2015. Harmful algal bloom events in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem, In: Valdés, L., Déniz‐González, I. (Eds.), Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. IOC‐UNESCO, Paris, pp. 175‐182.http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9135

2014

Penna, A., Battocchi, C., Capellacci, S., Fraga, S., Aligizaki, K., Lemée, R., Vernesi, C. 2014. Mitochondrial, but not rDNA, genes fail to discriminate dinoflagellate species in the genus Ostreopsis. Harmful Algae 40:40-50. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988314001759

Fraga, S., Rodríguez, F. 2014. Genus Gambierdiscus in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean) with Description of Gambierdiscus silvae sp. nov., a New Potentially Toxic Epiphytic Benthic Dinoflagellate. Protist 165:839-853. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143446101400100X

Bravo, I., Figueroa, R.I., Fraga, S. 2014. Cellular and nuclear morphological variability within a single species of the toxigenic dinoflagellate genus Gambierdiscus: Relationship to life-cycle processes. Harmful Algae 40:1-8. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988314001711

Figueroa, R.I., Cuadrado, A., Stüken, A., Rodríguez, F., Fraga, S. 2014. Ribosomal DNA Organization Patterns within the Dinoflagellate Genus Alexandrium as revealed by FISH: Life Cycle and Evolutionary Implications. Protist, 165:343-363.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143446101400042X

2013

Amorim, A., Veloso, V., Rodríguez, F. & Fraga, S. 2013. Life-cycle, morphology and phylogeny of species of Fragilidium Balech from west Iberia In: Lewis, J. M., Marret, F. & Bradley, L. [Eds.] Bilogical and Geological Perspectives of Dinoflagellates. The Micropaleontological Society, London, pp. 223–32.

Mohammad-Noor, N., Moestrup, Ø., Lundholm, N., Fraga, S., Adam, A., Holmes, M. J. & Saleh, E. 2013. Autecology and phylogeny of Coolia tropicalis and Coolia malayensis (Dinophyceae), with emphasis on taxonomy of Coolia tropicalis based on light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and LSU rDNA. Journal of Phycology 49:536–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12062