“…Other raphidophycean flagellates, such as Heterosigma akashiwo , Olisthodiscus luteus and Fagus japonica , were also found to produce ROS, and the generation of ROS seemed to be a common feature of raphidophycean flagellates [ 27 , 42 , 43 ]. Several lines of evidence suggested that some HAB species, including K. mikimotoi , produced ROS, such as superoxide anion (O 2 − ), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), and hydroxyl radical (OH − ) and that these ROS might be involved in HAB-linked fish mortalities [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. In the present study, to ascertain whether such an ROS-mediated toxic mechanism was responsible for the toxic mechanism of K. mikimotoi , bioassay experiments using B. plicatilis in the presence and absence of radical scavengers were conducted to detect ROS in K. mikimotoi .…”