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Diatoms and Cyanobacteria of Periphyton of Experimental Synthetic Polymer Materials in Karantinnaya Bay in the Black Sea

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The species composition of diatoms and cyanobacteria of the periphyton of experimental synthetic polymer materials, which are anthropogenic waste products and damage marine coastal ecosystems, are presented for the first time. A vertical collector with polymer material samples was exposed in Karantinnaya Bay (the Black Sea) at a depth of 1 to 12 m from August 4 to September 18, 2018. A total of 94 taxa of Bacillariophyta (67) and Cyanobacteria (27) have been found. Two diatom and 15 cyanobacteria species have been detected in the Crimean coastal waters of the Black Sea for the first time. Benthic species are predominant, of which 74% are marine; two major groups are constituted by cosmopolites (58%) and arctic–boreal–tropical species (37%). In total, 32 species–indicators of saprobity are identified; among them, 21% are beta-mesosaprobiont diatoms living in the conditions of moderate organic pollution. The largest number of diatom and cyanobacteria species are detected on the surface of mesh collectors (48/19) and containers (40/7). These organisms actively participate in transforming and reorganizing the architectonics of fouling on the surface of the polymer samples. Thus, it is shown that synthetic materials may obtain novel biochemical properties, which can be used in the future in different areas of science and technology (medicine, biotechnology, etc.).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to F.V. Sapozhnikov (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) and S.V. Shchurov (Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Russia) for setting up experimental collectors at sea.

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This work was performed as a part of a state task of the Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Russian Academy of Sciences (“Study of Production-Control Mechanisms in Biotechnological Complexes for the Development of a Scientific Basis for the Production of Biologically Active Substances and Technical Products of Marine Genesis” no. 4 AAAA-A18-118021350003-6) and partially supported by a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (no. 18-44-920012/19 “Marine Biomineralization Technologies Using Benthic Diatoms to Create Innovative Engineering Materials in Sevastopol Bay (Black Sea).”

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    L. I. Ryabushko, A. V. Bondarenko, E. S. Miroshnichenko, D. N. Lishaev & A. G. Shiroyan

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PP—polypropylene; LDPE—high pressure polyethylene; PE—polyethylene; PET—terephthalate; Ks—Czekanowski—Sorensen coefficient.

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Ryabushko, L.I., Bondarenko, A.V., Miroshnichenko, E.S. et al. Diatoms and Cyanobacteria of Periphyton of Experimental Synthetic Polymer Materials in Karantinnaya Bay in the Black Sea. Inland Water Biol 13, 399–407 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082920020285

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