The importance of cellular phosphorus in controlling the uptake and toxicity of cadmium and zinc in Microcystis aeruginosa, a freshwater cyanobacterium

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1618-1626

  Zeng, Jin ^a,b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Microcystis aeruginosa; Phosphorus; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AERUGINOSA; CD TOXICITY; CELL-SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; CELLULAR METAL; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOMETRIC MEAN; METAL UPTAKE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PHOTOSYSTEM II; POLYPHOSPHATES; PULSE AMPLITUDE; STARVED CELLS; TOXIC EFFECT; UPTAKE RATE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METALS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPOSURE; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROCYSTIS; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 69049101150     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-639.1     Document Type: Article

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