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Table 2 MIB-producing species
Species Origin Habitat References

Oscillatoria

O. perornata Fish pond/USA Planktonic van der Ploeg et al. 1995;

(Planktothrix MS988)

Tellez et al. 2001a, b;

Taylor et al. 2006

O. limosa Lake/USA Benthic Izaguirre and Taylor 1995

Oscillatoria sp . Fish pond/USA Planktonic Martin et al. 1991

O. tenuis Japan Planktonic Negoro et al. 1988

O. geminata Fish pond/Japan Fish Pond Matsumoto and Tsuchiya

1988

O. limnetica Fish pond/Japan Fish Pond Matsumoto and Tsuchiya

1988

Oscillatoria cf. Lake/USA Benthic Izaguirre et al. 1982, 1983

curviceps

O. tenuis Water supply/USA Benthic Izaguirre et al. 1983

O. variabilis Fish farming lake/ Benthic Tabachek and

Japan Yurakowski 1976

O. chalybea Reservoir/ Israel Benthic Leventer and Eren 1970

Phormidium

Phormidium LP684 Lake/USA Benthic Taylor et al. 2006

Phormidium aff. Water supply/ Benthic Baker et al. 2001

formosum

Australia

P. favosum Lake/Japan Benthic Sugiura et al. 1997

Phormidium USA Benthic Izaguirre 1992

P. tenue Lake/Japan Benthic Sugiura et al. 1986

P. tenue Water supply/ Planktonic Yagi et al. 1983

Japan

Pseudanabaena

Pseudanabaena Reservoirs/USA Planktonic Izaguirre et al. 1999;

Taylor et al. 2006

Pseudanabaena Lake/USA Planktonic Izaguirre and Taylor 1998

Other species

Synechococcus sp. Water reservoirs/USA Planktonic Taylor et al. 2006

Leptolyngbya sp. Periphyton, lake/USA Taylor et al. 2006

Lyngbya LO198 Reservoir/USA Benthic Taylor et al. 2006

Hyella Aqueduct water/USA Epiphytic Izaguirre and Taylor 1995

Lyngbya Cal.Aq.892 Aqueduct lake/USA Epiphytic Izaguirre and Taylor 1995

Planktothrix MS988 Catfish pond/ USA Planktonic Martin et al. 1991

Planktothrix Fish, water/Finland Benthic Persson 1988

cryptovaginata

Jaaginema geminatum River/Japan Benthic Tsuchiya and Matsumoto

1988

Synechococcus sp. Plankton, lake/USA Planktonic Izaguirre et al. 1984

Lyngbya cf. aestuarii Fish farming lake / Benthic Yurkowski and Tabachek

Japan 1980

Tabachek and Yurkowski

1976