| Oscillatoriophycideae| Oscillatoriophycideae Hoffmann, Komarek and Kastovsky 2005
Toxin Production: Some cyanobacteria, including certain species within Oscillatoriophycideae, are capable of producing toxins known as cyanotoxins. Common cyanotoxins include microcystins, anatoxins, and saxitoxins. Exposure to water containing high levels of these toxins can lead to adverse health effects in humans, including gastrointestinal symptoms, skin irritation, respiratory problems, and, in severe cases, liver damage or neurological effects.
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Under certain conditions, cyanobacteria, including those in the subclass Oscillatoriophycideae, can undergo rapid growth and form dense populations known as harmful algal blooms (HABs). These blooms can produce high concentrations of toxins, posing risks to both aquatic life and human health.
Water Contamination: The primary route of human exposure to cyanotoxins is through the ingestion of contaminated water or the consumption of aquatic organisms that have accumulated these toxins. Recreational activities in water bodies with HABs, such as swimming or boating, can also lead to exposure.
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Different labs use different software to read the sample. See this post for more details.
One lab may say you have none, another may say you have a lot! - This may be solely due to the software they are using to estimate.
We deem lab specific values using values from the KM method for each specific lab to be the most reliable.
Lab | Frequency | UD-Low | UD-High | KM Low | KM High | Lab Low | Lab High | Mean | Median | Standard Deviation | Box Plot Low | Box Plot High | KM Percentile Low | KM Percentile High |
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Other Labs | 1.1 | 5 | 3510 | 0 | 1907 | 356.3 | 40 | 791.1 | 0 | 170 | 0 %ile | 100 %ile | ||
biomesight | 65.26 | 0 | 80 | 10 | 1409 | 0 | 7346 | 396.4 | 70 | 3545.5 | 0 | 310 | 3.7 %ile | 97.2 %ile |
thorne | 100 | 8 | 102 | 0 | 84 | 34.3 | 20 | 25.5 | 12 | 66 | 0 %ile | 100 %ile | ||
thryve | 58.3 | 0 | 68 | 17 | 1999 | 0 | 5981 | 555.9 | 82 | 2767.8 | 0 | 549 | 7 %ile | 95.8 %ile |
ubiome | 2.15 | 28 | 5463 | 0 | 3111 | 529 | 79 | 1317.6 | 28 | 5463 | 0 %ile | 100 %ile |
Source of Ranges | Low Boundary | High Boundary | Low Boundary %age | High Boundary %age |
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Lab | Frequency Seen | Average | Standard Deviation | Sample Count | Lab Samples |
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BiomeSight | 72.319 % | 0.044 % | 0.386 % | 3365.0 | 4653 |
BiomeSightRdp | 19.355 % | 0.002 % | 0.001 % | 6.0 | 31 |
bugspeak | 100 % | 0.01 % | % | 1.0 | 1 |
CerbaLab | 66.667 % | 0.004 % | 0 % | 2.0 | 3 |
custom | 3.947 % | 0.001 % | 0 % | 3.0 | 76 |
es-xenogene | 18.75 % | 0.047 % | 0.036 % | 6.0 | 32 |
Medivere | 62.5 % | 0.006 % | 0.004 % | 5.0 | 8 |
Microba | 3.571 % | 0.351 % | % | 1.0 | 28 |
Thorne | 32.872 % | 0.002 % | 0.002 % | 95.0 | 289 |
Thryve | 55.93 % | 0.07 % | 0.292 % | 863.0 | 1543 |
uBiome | 1.995 % | 0.056 % | 0.135 % | 16.0 | 802 |
vitract | 100 % | 0.1 % | 0.138 % | 2.0 | 2 |
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