Core metabolism plasticity in phytoplankton: Response of Dunaliella tertiolecta to oil exposure.

ABSTRACT: Human alterations to the marine environment such as an oil spill can induce oxidative stress in phytoplankton. Exposure to oil has been shown to be lethal to most phytoplankton species, but some are able to survive and grow at unaffected or reduced growth rates, which appears to be independent of the class and phylum of the phytoplankton and their ability to consume components of oil heterotrophically. The goal of this article is to test the role of core metabolism plasticity in the oil-resisting ability of phytoplankton. Experiments were performed on the oil- resistant chlorophyte, Dunaliella tertiolecta, in control and water accommodated fractions of oil, with and without metabolic inhibitors targeting the core metabolic pathways. We observed that inhibiting pathways such as photosynthet

SUBMITTER: Kamalanathan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature