The effects of heavy metals on microbial biomass in sediments of Palestine Lake |
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| Authors: | Carol E. Nugent Gary J. Atchison Darrell W. Nelson Alan W. McIntosh |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Bionucleonics Department, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, 47907 West Lafayette, IN, USA;(2) Department of Animal Ecology, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, Iowa, USA;(3) Agronomy Department, Purdue University, 47907 West Lafayette, IN, USA;(4) Water Resources Research Institute, Cook College Campus, Rutgers University, 08903 New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
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| Abstract: | Effects of metal contamination on microbial biomass in sediment samples from three areas in Palestine Lake (one area highly polluted with chromium, cadmium and zinc) were determined. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentrations, determined by the luciferin-luciferase bioluminescent technique, and microbial colony numbers on pour plates were used as biomass indicators. Plate counts showed a significant (P < 0.01) site effect with the highly contaminated area having an order of magnitude lower microbial population than the control area. ATP concentrations also indicated lower microbial biomass in contaminated sediments. The metal concentrations of the most contaminated area averaged 17,840 µg Zn/g, 4380 µg Cr/g and 585 µg Cd/g based on dry weight of sediments. A suppression of organic decomposition was evident in the impacted area; high metal levels and resultant low microbial biomass may have been causative. |
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| Keywords: | Cadmium Zinc Chromium microbes sediments heavy metal pollution |
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