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Chunmei Zhai Shuang Song Shaohua Zou Changhong Liu Yarong Xue 《Freshwater Biology》2013,58(9):1831-1839
- Cyanobacteria, a phylum of bacteria that obtains energy by oxygenic photosynthesis, can be found in almost every terrestrial and aquatic habitat on Earth and play an important role in global carbon and oxygen cycles and as food sources for fish. However, common bloom‐forming cyanobacteria in the genus Microcystis produce microcystins that are toxic to human beings and aquatic animals and can have disastrous effects in aquatic ecosystems.
- Algal species follow seasonal successions of bloom formation and Microcystis spp. have been reported to be more competitive than other algal species in lakes. However, so far there has been no clear demonstration of competition among Microcystis species.
- By means of growth experiments, we demonstrate that two common cyanobacterial species Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB‐905 and Microcystis flos‐aquae FACHB‐1028, which are the dominant toxigenic species in Lake Taihu, exhibit a competitive relationship under coculture condition, the former outcompeting the latter.
- We show that M. aeruginosa is a superior competitor to M. flos‐aquae regardless of temperature, nutrients and initial abundance ratios. Moreover, both unicultured filtrates of M. aeruginosa and cocultured filtrates of both species strongly inhibit the growth of M. flos‐aquae.
- An analysis using gas chromatography mass spectrometry of extracts of filtrates from unicultures and cocultures indicates that some extracellular allelopathic compounds produced by M. aeruginosa, such as D‐limonene and 1‐chlorine heptacosane, might play important roles in competition among the species.
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Dariusz Dziga Tomasz Goral Jan Bialczyk Zbigniew Lechowski 《Journal of phycology》2009,45(6):1299-1303
Several cyanobacterial species have a high potential to dominate in marine environments and freshwater reservoirs, and the ecological and physiological reasons for this phenomenon are not understood comprehensively. In this study, the ability of a Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. strain to produce free dissolved enzymes was documented. We have observed that this highly toxic strain releases alkaline phosphatase, leucine aminopeptidase, and β‐glucosidase into the ambient environment. Additionally, the inhibitory activity of selected phenols produced by aquatic plants on the activity of these enzymes was analyzed. The investigated compounds, pyrogallol and, to a lesser degree, hydroquinone, decreased the activity of extracellular enzymes produced by M. aeruginosa, with leucine aminopeptidase being the most sensitive to the inhibitors. The noncompetitive character of enzymatic inhibition suggests that the polyphenols produced by aquatic plants are able to influence the activity of different extracellular or membrane‐bound enzymes. 相似文献
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The growth, photosynthetic characteristics, and competitive ability of three algal strains were investigated under different doses of ultraviolet‐B (UVB) radiation (0, 0.285, and 0.372 W · m?2). The organisms were the toxic bloom‐forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB 912, nontoxic M. aeruginosa FACHB 469, and the green microalga Chlamydomonas microsphaera FACHB 52. In monocultures, the growth of all three strains was inhibited by UVB. In mixed cultures, enhanced UVB radiation resulted in decreased percentages of the two M. aeruginosa strains (19%–22% decrease on d 12 of the competition experiment). UVB radiation resulted in increased contents of chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids (CAR) in C. microsphaera, and decreased contents of allophycocyanin (APC) or phycocyanin in the two Microcystis strains. All three strains showed increased levels of UVabsorbing compounds and intracellular reactive oxygen species under 0.372 W · m?2 UVB radiation, and decreased light compensation points, dark respiratory rates, and maximal quantum efficiency of PSII. After a 20 h recovery, the photosynthetic oxygen evolution of C. microsphaera was restored to its maximum value, but that of Microcystis strains continued to decrease. Nonphotochemical quenching was increased by UVB radiation in C. microsphaera, but was unaffected in the two M. aeruginosa strains. Our results indicated that C. microsphaera has a competitive advantage relative to Microcystis during exposure to UVB irradiation. 相似文献
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- We quantified the vulnerability of colonies of the bloom‐forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, to grazing by the invasive filter‐feeding zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) as a function of size in both organisms with laboratory feeding experiments.
- In one experiment, size‐selectivity of 16‐ to 21‐mm mussels was assessed for a single M. aeruginosa clone across a wide size range (~5–88 μm median equivalent diameter, ED). Consumption of colonies ≥80 μm median ED (109 μm median maximum linear dimension) was undetectable, indicating a size threshold of grazing invulnerability. Smaller colonies and single cells were consumed at rates similar to a highly palatable alga (Ankistrodesmus).
- In a second experiment, the size‐selectivity of three size classes of mussels (8–11, 17–20 and 25–28 mm shell length) was assessed across three size classes of M. aeruginosa (~32–75 μm median ED). There were no systematic differences in the abilities of the different mussel size classes to consume the largest colonies within this size range.
- An 8‐year field survey of the M. aeruginosa population in Gull Lake, MI (U.S.A.), the source of the experimental organisms, revealed that median colony size consistently decreased during each summer, from above to below the size threshold of effective mussel feeding we identified, which suggests major within‐season shifts in the overall vulnerability of the M. aeruginosa population to mussel grazing. Variation in the size structure of M. aeruginosa may help explain highly variable effects of D. polymorpha on the dynamics of this harmful phytoplankter within and across systems.
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With the human intensification of agricultural and industrial activities, large amount of reduced nitrogen enter into the biosphere, which consequently results in the development of global eutrophication and cyanobacterial blooms. However, no research had reported the effect of ammonia toxicity on the algal succession. In this study, we investigated the ammonia toxicity to 19 algal species or strains to test the hypothesis that ammonia may regulate the succession of cyanobacterial blooms and the distribution of common algal species in freshwater lakes. The bloom‐forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 suffered from ammonia toxicity at high pH value and light intensity conditions. Low NH4Cl concentration (0.06 mmol L?1) resulted in the decrease of operational PSII quantum yield by 50% compared with the control exposed to 1000 μmol photons m?2 s?1 for 1 h at pH 9.0 ± 0.2, which can be reached in freshwater lakes. Furthermore, the tolerant abilities to NH3 toxicity of 18 freshwater algal species or strains were as follows: hypertrophication species > eutrophication species > mesotrophication species > oligotrophication species. The different sensitivities of NH3 toxicity in this study could well explain the distributing rule of common algal species in the freshwater lakes of different trophic states. Meanwhile, the cyanobacterial bloom (e.g. M. aeruginosa) always happened at the low concentration of ammonia in summer, and disappeared with the decrease of ammonia. This may be attributed to the toxic effect of ammonia to M. aeruginosa in spring (the average and maximum ammonia concentration were 0.08 and 0.72 mmol L?1 in 33 Chinese lakes), and the low level of NH3‐N in summer and fall in the lakes might be used as preferred nitrogen nutrition by M. aeruginosa, rather than with toxicity. Therefore, ammonia could be a key factor to determine the distribution of common algal species and cyanobacterial bloom in the freshwater systems. 相似文献
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Elena Martín‐Clemente Ignacio J. Melero‐Jimnez Elena Baares‐Espaa Antonio Flores‐Moya María J. García‐Snchez 《Journal of phycology》2019,55(6):1348-1360
Experimental evolution studies using cyanobacteria as model organisms are scarce despite the role of cyanobacteria in the evolution of photosynthesis. Three different experimental evolution approaches have been applied to shed light on the sulfide adaptation process, which played a key role in the evolution of this group. We used a Microcystis aeruginosa sulfide‐sensitive strain, unable to grow above ~0.1 mM, and an Oscillatoria sp. strain, isolated from a sulfureous spa (~0.2 mM total sulfide). First, performing a fluctuation analysis design using the spa waters as selective agent, we proved that M. aeruginosa was able to adapt to this sulfide level by rare spontaneous mutations. Second, applying a ratchet protocol, we tested if the limit of adaptation to sulfide of the two taxa was dependent on their initial sulfide tolerance, finding that M. aeruginosa adapted to 0.4 mM sulfide, and Oscillatoria sp. to ~2 mM sulfide, twice it highest tolerance level. Third, using an evolutionary rescue approach, we observed that both speed of exposure to increasing sulfide concentrations (deterioration rate) and populations’ genetic variation determined the survival of M. aeruginosa at lethal sulfide levels, with a higher dependence on genetic diversity. In conclusion, sulfide adaptation of sensitive cyanobacterial strains is possible by rare spontaneous mutations and the adaptation limits depend on the sulfide level present in strain’s original habitat. The high genetic diversity of a sulfide‐sensitive strain, even at fast environmental deterioration rates, could increase its possibility of survival even to a severe sulfide stress. 相似文献
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Syed M. Qadri David A. Donkor Varsha Bhakta Louise J. Eltringham‐Smith Dhruva J. Dwivedi Jane C. Moore Laura Pepler Nikola Ivetic Ishac Nazi Alison E. Fox‐Robichaud Patricia C. Liaw William P. Sheffield 《Journal of cellular and molecular medicine》2016,20(4):710-720
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes a wide range of infections in multiple hosts by releasing an arsenal of virulence factors such as pyocyanin. Despite numerous reports on the pleiotropic cellular targets of pyocyanin toxicity in vivo, its impact on erythrocytes remains elusive. Erythrocytes undergo an apoptosis‐like cell death called eryptosis which is characterized by cell shrinkage and phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization; this process confers a procoagulant phenotype on erythrocytes as well as fosters their phagocytosis and subsequent clearance from the circulation. Herein, we demonstrate that P. aeruginosa pyocyanin‐elicited PS exposure and cell shrinkage in erythrocyte while preserving the membrane integrity. Mechanistically, exposure of erythrocytes to pyocyanin showed increased cytosolic Ca2+ activity as well as Ca2+‐dependent proteolytic processing of μ‐calpain. Pyocyanin further up‐regulated erythrocyte ceramide abundance and triggered the production of reactive oxygen species. Pyocyanin‐induced increased PS externalization in erythrocytes translated into enhanced prothrombin activation and fibrin generation in plasma. As judged by carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl‐ester labelling, pyocyanin‐treated erythrocytes were cleared faster from the murine circulation as compared to untreated erythrocytes. Furthermore, erythrocytes incubated in plasma from patients with P. aeruginosa sepsis showed increased PS exposure as compared to erythrocytes incubated in plasma from healthy donors. In conclusion, the present study discloses the eryptosis‐inducing effect of the virulence factor pyocyanin, thereby shedding light on a potentially important mechanism in the systemic complications of P. aeruginosa infection. 相似文献
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Assessing the effect of sodium dichloroisocyanurate concentration on transfer of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in wash water for production of minimally processed iceberg lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) 
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下载免费PDF全文 D.F. Maffei A.S. Sant'Ana G. Monteiro D.W. Schaffner B.D.G.M. Franco 《Letters in applied microbiology》2016,62(6):444-451
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Mercedes Bustamante Carmenza Robledo‐Abad Richard Harper Cheikh Mbow Nijavalli H. Ravindranat Frank Sperling Helmut Haberl Alexandre de Siqueira Pinto Pete Smith 《Global Change Biology》2014,20(10):3270-3290
The agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector is responsible for approximately 25% of anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management. Mitigation from the sector is thus extremely important in meeting emission reduction targets. The sector offers a variety of cost‐competitive mitigation options with most analyses indicating a decline in emissions largely due to decreasing deforestation rates. Sustainability criteria are needed to guide development and implementation of AFOLU mitigation measures with particular focus on multifunctional systems that allow the delivery of multiple services from land. It is striking that almost all of the positive and negative impacts, opportunities and barriers are context specific, precluding generic statements about which AFOLU mitigation measures have the greatest promise at a global scale. This finding underlines the importance of considering each mitigation strategy on a case‐by‐case basis, systemic effects when implementing mitigation options on the national scale, and suggests that policies need to be flexible enough to allow such assessments. National and international agricultural and forest (climate) policies have the potential to alter the opportunity costs of specific land uses in ways that increase opportunities or barriers for attaining climate change mitigation goals. Policies governing practices in agriculture and in forest conservation and management need to account for both effective mitigation and adaptation and can help to orient practices in agriculture and in forestry towards global sharing of innovative technologies for the efficient use of land resources. Different policy instruments, especially economic incentives and regulatory approaches, are currently being applied however, for its successful implementation it is critical to understand how land‐use decisions are made and how new social, political and economic forces in the future will influence this process. 相似文献
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A. J. Brunke L. O’Keefe C. A. Bahlai M. K. Sears R. H. Hallett 《Journal of Applied Entomology》2012,136(10):772-780
An evaluation of the pest potential of millipede species occurring in Ontario sweet potato and carrot fields was conducted in response to recent grower concerns about the presence of millipedes in close proximity to damaged vegetables. This study is the first North American survey of millipedes on arable soils and the first evaluation of North American millipede damage to sweet potatoes and carrots. Through field surveys, Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus was found to be the dominant millipede species in Ontario sweet potatoes and carrots. Fields were surveyed over the growing season, and the factors important to each species’ abundance were evaluated using Minimum AIC Estimation (MAICE). Post‐harvest damage assessments were performed, and MAICE analysis was used to determine which arthropod and environmental parameters were most important in explaining damage to sweet potatoes and carrots. Wireworm (Elateridae) abundance was consistently found to explain root damage better than C. caeruleocinctus abundance, and it is concluded that the majority of field‐observed damage was caused by wireworms. C. caeruleocinctus was negatively correlated with both wireworms and damage in carrot fields and is not likely to be a pest of that vegetable. However, abundance of C. caeruleocinctus in sweet potatoes was positively correlated with both wireworms and damage. This species may cause some damage to sweet potato tubers under field conditions, but management tactics should focus on wireworms as the primary source of damage. 相似文献
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Alexis De Wever Karim Benzerara Margot Coutaud Graldine Caumes Mlanie Poinsot Friel Skouri‐Panet Thierry Laurent Elodie Duprat Muriel Gugger 《Geobiology》2019,17(6):676-690
Several species of cyanobacteria biomineralizing intracellular amorphous calcium carbonates (ACC) were recently discovered. However, the mechanisms involved in this biomineralization process and the determinants discriminating species forming intracellular ACC from those not forming intracellular ACC remain unknown. Recently, it was hypothesized that the intensity of Ca uptake (i.e., how much Ca was scavenged from the extracellular solution) might be a major parameter controlling the capability of a cyanobacterium to form intracellular ACC. Here, we tested this hypothesis by systematically measuring the Ca uptake by a set of 52 cyanobacterial strains cultured in the same growth medium. The results evidenced a dichotomy among cyanobacteria regarding Ca sequestration capabilities, with all strains forming intracellular ACC incorporating significantly more calcium than strains not forming ACC. Moreover, Ca provided at a concentration of 50 μM in BG‐11 was shown to be limiting for the growth of some of the strains forming intracellular ACC, suggesting an overlooked quantitative role of Ca for these strains. All cyanobacteria forming intracellular ACC contained at least one gene coding for a mechanosensitive channel, which might be involved in Ca influx, as well as at least one gene coding for a Ca2+/H+ exchanger and membrane proteins of the UPF0016 family, which might be involved in active Ca transport either from the cytosol to the extracellular solution or the cytosol toward an intracellular compartment. Overall, massive Ca sequestration may have an indirect role by allowing the formation of intracellular ACC. The latter may be beneficial to the growth of the cells as a storage of inorganic C and/or a buffer of intracellular pH. Moreover, high Ca scavenging by cyanobacteria biomineralizing intracellular ACC, a trait shared with endolithic cyanobacteria, suggests that these cyanobacteria should be considered as potentially significant geochemical reservoirs of Ca. 相似文献