The impact of cation concentration on Microcystis (cyanobacteria) scum formation.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacterial scums at the surface of the lakes are potentially harmful phenomena with increasing occurrence in the last decades, and the causes that lead to their formation are still an unresolved issue. In order to better understand what triggers the scums, we investigated the effect of several Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ ion concentrations in promoting them in eight Microcystis aeruginosa strains. The possibility to prevent scum formation by using the ion chelator EDTA was also explored. We found that in some strains the cell aggregation takes place under lower ion source concentrations (20 mM MgSO₄ or CaCl₂), while in others this phenomenon does not occur even at 60 mM concentration. The scum formation correlated to the amount of extracellular polymeric s

SUBMITTER: Druga B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395708 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature