Toxicity of atrazine and its bioaccumulation and biodegradation in a green microalga, Chlamydomonas mexicana
- Title
- Toxicity of atrazine and its bioaccumulation and biodegradation in a green microalga, Chlamydomonas mexicana
- Author
- 전병훈
- Keywords
- Atrazine; Chlamydomonas mexicana; Bioaccumulation; Biodegradation; Fatty acid; Carbohydrate
- Issue Date
- 2014-11
- Publisher
- ECOMED PUBLISHERS
- Citation
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2011, 21(21), P.12270-12278
- Abstract
- This study evaluated the toxicity of herbicide atrazine, along with its bioaccumulation and biodegradation in the green microalga Chlamydomonas mexicana. At low concentration (10 mu g L-1), atrazine had no profound effect on the microalga, while higher concentrations (25, 50, and 100 mu g L-1) imposed toxicity, leading to inhibition of cell growth and chlorophyll a accumulation by 22 %, 33 %, and 36 %, and 13 %, 24 %, and 27 %, respectively. Atrazine 96-h EC50 for C. mexicana was estimated to be 33 mu g L-1. Microalga showed a capability to accumulate atrazine in the cell and to biodegrade the cell-accumulated atrazine resulting in 14-36% atrazine degradation at 10-100 mu g L-1. Increasing atrazine concentration decreased the total fatty acids (from 102 to 75 mg g(-1)) and increased the unsaturated fatty acid content in the microalga. Carbohydrate content increased gradually with the increase in atrazine concentration up to 15 %. This study shows that C. mexicana has the capability to degrade atrazine and can be employed for the remediation of atrazine-contaminated streams.
- URI
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-014-3157-4
- ISSN
- 0944-1344; 1614-7499
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11356-014-3157-4
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > EARTH RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING(자원환경공학과) > Articles
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