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Shellfish poisoning resulting in permanent short-term memory loss, brain damage and death in severe cases in humans is due to intake of

#Unit 13. Advances in Biotechnology
  1. the marine biotoxin called domoic acid produced naturally by marine diatoms and which bioaccumulates in shellfish
  2. the marine toxin Okadaic acid that is produced by marine sponge and is accumulated in bivalves
  3. shellfish contaminated by brevetoxins or brevetoxin analogs that are produced by dinoflagellates
  4. Saxitoxin produced by harmful algal blooms and accumulated in some shellfish