Effects of nitrate on nitrite toxicity to Microcystis aeruginosa
2012
Chen, Weimin | Tong, Haibin | Liu, Hao
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nitrate on nitrite toxicity to Microcystis aeruginosa. Short-term uptake experiment revealed nitrate could depress the nitrite active uptake. The long-term experiment of nitrate effects on nitrite toxicity showed a negative relationship between the growth and intracellular nitrite levels of M. aeruginosa. The net nitrite uptake displayed a decline in the range of 0–150mg NO₃ ⁻-NL⁻¹ and an elevation at 200mg NO₃ ⁻-NL⁻¹, whereas the activities of nitrate reductase (NR) were more sensitive to nitrate than nitrite reductase (NiR). As a result, the total intracellular nitrite levels tended to decrease up to 100mg NO₃ ⁻-NL⁻¹ then increased at 150–200mg NO₃ ⁻-NL⁻¹. These results suggested the existence of external nitrate could affect the toxicity of nitrite to alga through changing intracellular nitrite content.
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