Phormidium autumnale growth and anatoxin-a production under iron and copper stress.

ABSTRACT: Studies on planktonic cyanobacteria have shown variability in cyanotoxin production, in response to changes in growth phase and environmental factors. Few studies have investigated cyanotoxin regulation in benthic mat-forming species, despite increasing reports on poisoning events caused by ingestion of these organisms. In this study, a method was developed to investigate changes in cyanotoxin quota in liquid cultures of benthic mat-forming cyanobacteria. Iron and copper are important in cellular processes and are well known to affect growth and selected metabolite production in cyanobacteria and algae. The effect of iron (40-4000 μg L(-1)) and copper (2.5-250 μg L(-1)) on growth and anatoxin-a quota in Phormidium autumnale was investigated in batch culture. These concentrations were chose

SUBMITTER: Harland FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3873698 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature