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Descriptor English: Caulerpa
Descriptor Spanish: Caulerpa
Descriptor Caulerpa
Scope note: Género de ALGAS VERDES marinas tóxicas que se encuentran en los mares tropicales y subtropicales. Una especie, Caulerpa taxifolia, es muy invasiva y produce la caulerpenina, un veneno mortal para organismos marinos pero no para los seres humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Caulerpa
Descriptor French: Caulerpa
Entry term(s): Caulerpa taxifolia
Caulerpa taxifolias
Caulerpas
taxifolia, Caulerpa
Tree number(s): B01.875.150.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046068
Scope note: A genus of toxic marine GREEN ALGAE found throughout tropical and subtropical seas. One species, Caulerpa taxifolia, is highly invasive and produces the poison caulerpenyne, deadly to marine organisms though not humans.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Algae, Green (1971-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38532
Unique ID: D046068
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/19
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Caulerpa - Preferred
Concept UI M0452619
Scope note A genus of toxic marine GREEN ALGAE found throughout tropical and subtropical seas. One species, Caulerpa taxifolia, is highly invasive and produces the poison caulerpenyne, deadly to marine organisms though not humans.
Preferred term Caulerpa
Entry term(s) Caulerpas
Caulerpa taxifolia - Narrower
Concept UI M0452620
Preferred term Caulerpa taxifolia
Entry term(s) Caulerpa taxifolias
taxifolia, Caulerpa



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