Effects of the naturally-occurring contaminant microcystins on the Azolla filiculoides-Anabaena azollae symbiosis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-20

  Pereira, A L ^a   Monteiro, B ^a   Azevedo, J ^a   Campos, A ^a,d   Osorio H ^b,c   Vasconcelos, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anabaena azollae; Antioxidative enzymes; Azolla filiculoides; Growth; Microcystins; Photosynthetic pigments

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN LR; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOFERTILIZER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FERN; GROWTH RESPONSE; PIGMENT; POLLUTANT; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY TEST;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA AZOLLAE; ARTICLE; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FERN; GROWTH RATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; ANABAENA AZOLLAE; ANIMALIA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; CYANOBACTERIA; FILICOPHYTA;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL FEED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERNS; FERTILIZERS; MICROCYSTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84927757500     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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