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=== Bioluminescence === ''Dinoflagellate''s are microbial eukaryotes that link bioluminesce and toxin production in algal blooms.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cusick |first1=Kathleen D. |last2=Widder |first2=Edith A. |date=1 September 2020 |title=Bioluminescence and toxicity as driving factors in harmful algal blooms: Ecological functions and genetic variability |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988320301293 |journal=Harmful Algae |volume=98 |pages=101850 |doi=10.1016/j.hal.2020.101850 |pmid=33129462 |bibcode=2020HAlga..9801850C |issn=1568-9883|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They use a luciferin-luciferase reaction to create a blue light emission glow.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Perin |first1=LuΓza S. |last2=Moraes |first2=Gabriela V. |last3=Galeazzo |first3=Gabriela A. |last4=Oliveira |first4=Anderson G. |date=January 2022 |title=Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates as a Bioassay for Toxicity Assessment |journal=International Journal of Molecular Sciences |language=en |volume=23 |issue=21 |pages=13012 |doi=10.3390/ijms232113012 |doi-access=free |pmid=36361798 |issn=1422-0067|pmc=9656108 }}</ref> There are seventeen major types of ''dinoflagellate'' toxins, in which the strains, Saxitoxin and Yessotoxin, are both bioluminescent and toxic. These two strains are found to have similar niches in coastal areas. A surplus of ''Dinoflagellates'' in the night time creates a blue-green glow, however, in the day, it presents as a red brown color which names algal blooms, Red Tides. ''Dinoflagellates'' have been reported to be the cause of seafood poisoning from the neurotoxins.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Da-Zhi |date=June 2008 |title=Neurotoxins from Marine Dinoflagellates: A Brief Review |url=http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/list08.htm#10.3390_md20080016 |journal=Marine Drugs |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=349β371 |doi=10.3390/md20080016 |doi-access=free |pmc=2525493 |pmid=18728731}}</ref>
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