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Interactions of the Cyanobacterium Chrysosporum ovalisporum with Antibiotics in Water

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In this study, we assessed the effects of 11-day exposure of sulfadiazine (SD), sulfamethazine (SM2), norfloxacin (NOR), and enrofloxacin (ENR) on the growth, chlorophyll a (Chl. a) content, phycobiliproteins (PBPs) content, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of Chrysosporum ovalisporum, examined the removal rate of these antibiotics by C. ovalisporum, and performed acute toxicology test with Daphnia magna to determine the effect of interaction between antibiotics and cyanobacteria on aquatic animals. The results showed that the stress of SD and SM2 increased extracellular ALP activity and weakly inhibited the algal growth and the contents of Chl. a and PBPs compared with that noted in the control. ENR and NOR treatment groups exerted significant inhibition on algal growth as well as Chl. a and PBPs contents and ALP activity, although the cyanobacterium could degrade these two antibiotics more than SD and SM2. The results also revealed that the interaction between antibiotics and cyanobacteria could inhibit D. magna feeding.

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This work was supported by the Chinese Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (2017ZX07207002-03), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41901119), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (19050501900 and 19DZ1204504).

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  1. Centre for Research On Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrient of the Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China

    Jiahui Zhang, Shan Chen, Mingzhe Yuan, Wei Zhang & Liqing Wang

  2. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

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  3. Shanghai National Engineering Research Center of Urban Water Resources Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200082, China

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  4. Shanghai Aquatic Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200090, China

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  5. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China

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Zhang, J., Chen, S., Yuan, M. et al. Interactions of the Cyanobacterium Chrysosporum ovalisporum with Antibiotics in Water. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 80, 402–413 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-021-00811-9

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