Photooxidation of cyanobacteria in natural conditions.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 31 ·No. 1 ·1976-01-00 ·Pages 119-26

Eloff JN, Steinitz Y, Shilo M

Abstract

Photodynamic effects were demonstrated and assayed under field conditions in a number of different laboratory strains and pond isolates of cyanobacteria; parameters assayed for resistance to photooxidation were viable count, turbidity of the cyanobacterial suspension, and protein and pigment contents. The effects of density, colonial structure, and internal gas vacuoles on the lethal outcome were investigated. The stability and formation of superoxide dismutase under photooxidative conditions in the field and laboratory were studied in the different strains. An isolate of Microcystis from blooms in ponds exhibited extremely high resistance to photooxidation, which was abolished by exposure to chloramphenicol.

MeSH Terms

Cell Count Chloramphenicol/pharmacology Cyanobacteria/growth & development,metabolism,radiation effects Eutrophication/radiation effects Israel Light Pigments, Biological/biosynthesis Plant Proteins/biosynthesis Radiation Effects Superoxide Dismutase/biosynthesis Water Microbiology

Chemicals

Pigments, Biological Plant Proteins Chloramphenicol Superoxide Dismutase

Authors & Affiliations

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Eloff J N

Steinitz Y

Shilo M

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.31.1.119-126.1976

Published

1976-01-00

Pages

119-26

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC169727

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