{"id":56553,"date":"2025-07-24T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56553"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:08:39","slug":"karenia-mikimotoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/karenia-mikimotoi\/","title":{"rendered":"Karenia Mikimotoi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Karenia Mikimotoi Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A massive outbreak of toxic algae due to karenia mikimotoi off South Australia, which has devastated hundreds of species of marine life and disrupted local tourism and fishing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Karenia Mikimotoi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most common <\/span><b>red-tide dinoflagellates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> proliferating in the eastern North Atlantic and around Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It releases <\/span><b>hemolytic toxins and ichthyo toxins,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causing massive <\/span><b>negative impacts on fishery and marine ecological environment.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have <\/span><b>not been confirmed reports of direct impacts<\/b> <b>to human<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> health by Karenia mikimotoi, but blooms of this species can cause large-scale mortality events of marine fauna such as shellfish, echinoderms, crustaceans, and fish.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anoxic conditions can also occur when K. mikimotoi cells die in large numbers and subsequent breakdown by bacteria deplete oxygen in the surrounding waters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is less toxic but more <\/span><b>globally widespread<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with blooms reported in Ireland, Norway, <\/span><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Japan, Korea, Australia, South Africa, Alaska, Texas, and the east coast of the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of Karenia Mikimotoi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>photosynthetic species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with several oval to round yellow-brown chloroplasts, each with a pyrenoid. The large ellipsoidal nucleus is located in the left hypothecal lobe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>adapt to various light, temperature, salinity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and nutrient conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/toxic-algae-bloom-off-south-australia-devastates-marine-life-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DD News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karenia mikimotoi is one of the most common red-tide dinoflagellates proliferating in the eastern North Atlantic and around Japan. 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