title: Short-term algal toxicity test based on phosphate uptake.
abstract: In order to develop a short-term algal toxicity test, the growth of and the phosphate uptake by the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum during batch culture were observed. In the control medium, S. capricornutum took up phosphate earlier than it grew. It was also observed that the phosphate uptake was inhibited by the presence of a toxicant. From these results, phosphate uptake was considered as one of the useful effect parameters for a short-term algal toxicity test. As the removal rate of phosphate from the medium is a function of the amount of algal cell initially inoculated, the test period is variable. The relationship between the amount of inoculation and phosphate uptake was examined and the test conditions suitable for a 3-h toxicity test were established as one example. According to this test procedure, the inhibitory effect of some toxicants on the phosphate uptake was determined. For comparison, a conventional algal assay based on algal growth was also performed. The EC50s for both tests were close. This indicated that the algal toxicity test method proposed in this paper would be useful for the uses where rapidity is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yamanashi University, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu 400-8511, Japan. kaneko@yamanashi.ac.jp
authors.forename: H Hidehiro
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Kimiaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D060729:Coal Ash; D003470:Culture Media; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D052638:Particulate Matter; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D018675:Toxicity Tests; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D060729:Coal Ash; D003470:Culture Media; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D052638:Particulate Matter; D010710:Phosphates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002244:Carbon