Extract of Microcystis water bloom affects cellular differentiation in filamentous cyanobacteria Trichormus variabilis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria).

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Authors	BÁRTOVÁ Kateřina HILSCHEROVÁ Klára BABICA Pavel MARŠÁLEK Blahoslav
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Applied Phycology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9624-5
Field	Water pollution and control
Keywords	Akinete frequency; Cell differentiation; Heterocyst frequency; Microcystis extract; Microcystin; Trichormus variabilis
Description	In our study, we examined effects of semipurified Microcystis extract containing microcystins (0.2-20 nM corresponding to 0.2-20 mu g L(-1)) on age-induced cell differentiation of filamentous cyanobacterium Trichormus variabilis. Microcystins or other bioactive peptides could affect conservation, overwintering, and nitrogen-fixation in filamentous cyanobacteria under environmental conditions but also contribute to the understanding of possible signaling function of cyanobacterial metabolites.
Related projects:	Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL) Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí