INHIBITION OF CHLORELLA GROWTH BY THE LIPIDS OF CYANOBACTERIUM MICROCYSTIS-AERUGINOSA

Authors
IKAWA M HANEY JF SASNER JJ
Citation
M. Ikawa et al., INHIBITION OF CHLORELLA GROWTH BY THE LIPIDS OF CYANOBACTERIUM MICROCYSTIS-AERUGINOSA, Hydrobiologia, 331(1-3), 1996, pp. 167-170
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
331
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
167 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1996)331:1-3<167:IOCGBT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The total lipids of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa have bee n isolated and fractionated into its components. Of these lipid compon ents, only the fatty acid-containing fraction inhibited the growth of the green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa. The inhibitory activity appears to be due to linoleic and linolenic acids, which are both present in s ignificants quantities. These acids may be the substances responsible for the reported toxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa to Chlorella.