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Strains of the species from Gulf of Maine, North-West Atlantic, have been confirmed to produce domoic acid at the levels 0.06-1.1 ng/ml. Strains from Mexican Mexico produce domoic acid in amounts of 4.71 ± 1.11 × 10−5 ng/cell.

Luciano F Fernandes, Katherine A Hubbard, Mindy L Richlen, Juliette Smith, Stephen S Bates, James Ehrman, Claude Léger, Luiz L.Mafra Jr, David Kulis, Michael Quilliam, Katie Libera, Linda McCauley, Donald M Anderson. (2014). Diversity and toxicity of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia Peragallo in the Gulf of Maine, Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. <em>Deep-Sea Research II.</em> 103, 139–162. 

Quijano-Scheggia, S. I.; Olivos-Ortiz, A.; Garcia-Mendoza, E.; Sánchez-Bravo, Y.; Sosa-Avalos, R.; Salas Marias, N.; Lim, H. C. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships of Pseudo-nitzschia subpacifica (Bacillariophyceae) from the Mexican Pacific, and its production of domoic acid in culture. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 15(4): e0231902. Available for editors