Toxicity of carbofuran to soil isolates of Chlorella vulgaris,Nostoc linckia and N. muscorum |
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| Authors: | M. Megharaj H. W. Pearson K. Venkateswarlu |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX Liverpool, UK;(2) Department of Microbiology, Srikrishnadeveraya University, 515 003 Anantapur, India;(3) Present address: Division of Microbiology, National Research Centre for Biotechnology GBF, Mascheroder Weg 1, W-3300 Braunschweig, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A microalga, Chlorella vulgaris, and two diazotrophic cyanobacteria, Nostoc linckia and N. muscorum, all isolated from a rice soil, were compared for their response in terms of growth and metabolic activities to the application of carbofuran. The toxicity criteria included cell constituents (chlorophyll a, total protein, carbohydrate), 14CO2 uptake and nitrate reductase, besides nitrogenase activity (acetylene reduction) in the cyanobacteria. C. vulgaris and N. muscorum were more sensitive to carbofuran than was N. linckia. The significant toxicity of the insecticide, observed with higher concentrations of 20 and 50  g ml–1, to nitrogenase activity in N. linckia was reversed by the addition of ATP at 10 M. Transmission electron microscopy of the cultures, exposed to 50 g carbofuran ml–1 showed certain cellular abnormalities, indicating interference of the insecticide with membrane properties.Correspondence to: K. Venkateswarlu |
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