Whole digestive gland transcriptome of the cupped oyster Crassostrea gigas in response to different strains of the dinoflagellates Alexandrium

We explored the whole digestive gland transcriptome in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas using Illumina sequencing technology and compare the expression patterns obtained in: i) oysters exposed experimentally at environmentally-realistic concentration to Alexandrium minutum Daoulas1257 strain isolated from the Bay of Brest in France producing only PSTs; ii) AM89BM strain, isolated from the Bay of Morlaix in France producing both PSTs and BECs; iii) CCMI1002 strain, isolated from Irish waters producing only BECs; and iv) control oysters fed with the non-toxic dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra.