title: Cadmium availability to the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis in solutions containing chloride.
abstract: Availability of cadmium to Synechocystis aquatilis (estimated by 109Cd sorption and cadmium toxicity-14C method) in solutions containing cadmium and complexing (KCl) or non-complexing (KNO3) salts, in the range of 0-0.5 m was investigated. Both cadmium surface adsorption and transport into the cells were lower in solutions containing cadmium chloride complexes (CdCl+, CdCl2, CdCl3-) than in those containing cadmium in the form of Cd2+. Also, cadmium toxicity in solutions of higher KCl concentrations, in which CdCl+ and CdCl2 forms predominated, was significantly limited.
authors.affiliation: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Sl?awińskiego 18/3, 20-080 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skowroński
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szubińska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jakubowski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pawlik