Melainabacteria {50002849} Record Keys Parent:[ ] Definition:Melainabacteria Details Initialisation date:[ ] Meta Information Rank: Family Domain:[ ] Zone:[ ] Enzyme:[ ] Function:[ ] Notes: [ ]Shared Reference Notes [1.1] [#Parkinson’s Disease] - One of the novel OTUs (OTU_171) that we observed to be depleted in PD patients was from the family of Melainabacteria of the phylum #Cyanobacteria. - Free-living #Cyanobacteria are known to produce a range of neurotoxins, such as Anatoxin and Saxitoxin and the neurotoxin β-#N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), which has been linked to neurodegenerative diseasesReferences Notes[ ]
