title: Accumulation, transformation, and release of inorganic arsenic by the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.
abstract: Arsenic (As) as a major hazardous metalloid was affected by phytoplankton in many aquatic environments. The toxic dominant algae Microcystis aeruginosa was exposed to different concentrations of inorganic arsenic (arsenate or arsenite) for 15 days in BG11 culture media. Arsenic accumulation, toxicity, and speciation in M. aeruginos as well as the changes of As species in media were examined. M. aeruginosa has a general well tolerance to arsenate and a definite sensitivity to arsenite. Additionally, arsenate actively elevated As methylation by the algae but arsenite definitely inhibited it. Interestingly, the uptake of arsenite was more pronounced than that of arsenate, and it was correlated to the toxicity. Arsenate was the predominant species in both cells and their growth media after 15 days of exposure to arsenate or arsenite. However, the amount of the methylated As species in cells was limited and insignificantly affected by the external As concentrations. Upon uptake of the inorganic arsenic, significant quantities of arsenate as well as small amounts of arsenite, DMA, and MMA were produced by the algae and, in turn, released back into the growth media. Bio-oxidation was the first and primary process and methylation was the minor process for arsenite exposures, while bioreduction and the subsequent methylation were the primary metabolisms for arsenate exposures. Arsenic bioaccumulation and transformation by M. aeruginosa in aquatic environment should be paid more attention during a period of eutrophication.
authors: Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China.
authors: Zhenhong
authors: Z
authors: Wang
authors: Zhuanxi
authors: Z
authors: Luo
authors: Changzhou
authors: C
authors: Yan
mesh_terms: D001149:Arsenates / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D018053:Arsenites / Q000378:metabolism; D005068:Eutrophication; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry; D008745:Methylation; D046931:Microcystis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D001149:Arsenates; D018053:Arsenites; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C015001:arsenite; D001151:Arsenic; C025657:arsenic acid
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