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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Chlamydomonas acidophila faces high heavy-metal concentrations in acidic mining lakes, where it is a dominant phytoplankton species. To investigate the importance of metals to C. acidophila in these lakes, we examined the response of growth, photosynthesis, cell structure, heat-shock protein (Hsp) accumulation, and metal adsorption after incubation in metal-rich lake water and artificial growth medium enriched with metals (Fe, Zn). Incubation in both metal-rich lake water and medium caused large decreases in photosystem II function (though no differences among lakes), but no decrease in growth rate (except for medium + Fe). Concentrations of small Hsps were higher in algae incubated in metal-rich lake-water than in metal-enriched medium, whereas Hsp60 and Hsp70A were either less or equally expressed. Cellular Zn and Fe contents were lower, and metals adsorbed to the cell surface were higher, in lake-water-incubated algae than in medium-grown cells. The results indicate that high Zn or Fe levels are likely not the main or only contributor to the low primary production in mining lakes, and multiple adaptations of C. acidophila (e.g., high Hsp levels, decreased metal accumulation) increase its tolerance to metals and permit survival under such adverse environmental conditions. Supposedly, the main stress factor present in the lake water is an interaction between low P and high Fe concentrations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1431-0651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
551-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Chaperonin 60, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Chlamydomonas, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Fresh Water, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Heat-Shock Proteins, Small, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Phosphorus, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Photosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Photosystem II Protein Complex, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Water Pollutants, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:17429574-Zinc
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Stress responses and metal tolerance of Chlamydomonas acidophila in metal-enriched lake water and artificial medium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, Potsdam, Germany. spijker@uni-potsdam.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't