Blue-Green Algae: Growth

Nature ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 192 (4809) ◽  
pp. 1274-1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. BUNT
2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 330-336
Author(s):  
Hong Quan Wang ◽  
Chun Jie Yan ◽  
Guo Jing Shu ◽  
Duo Wang ◽  
Hua Li Zhang ◽  
...  

TiO2-pillared montmorillonite is successfully synthesized via sol-gel method, which is used to remove blue-green algae from water. The composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction and Scanning electron microscope. The analysis results shows that TiO2 has entered into the interlayer of montmorillonite and the d001 increases from 1.27639 nm to 1.64437 nm, and the surface charge of montmorillonite was recyanobacteriarkably raised from -41.5 mV (Fig. 1a) to +12.21 mV (Fig. 1b) mV at pH =6~8. The results of algae adsorption experiments displays the positive surface charge of modified montmorillonite was thus expected to induce the electrostatic neutralization between TiO2-pillared montmorillonite and Microcystis aeruginosa (CYANOBACTERIA) cells. When the cyanobacteria concentration is 12100 number/μL, chlorophyll content is 2.831883 mg/L, turbidity of the water is 44.2%, and TiO2-pillared montmorillonite is 0.5 g/L, the removing rate of chlorophyll and microcystis exceeds 90%, and the turbidity reduces from 44.2% to 19.1%.


Author(s):  
L. V. Leak

Electron microscopic observations of freeze-fracture replicas of Anabaena cells obtained by the procedures described by Bullivant and Ames (J. Cell Biol., 1966) indicate that the frozen cells are fractured in many different planes. This fracturing or cleaving along various planes allows one to gain a three dimensional relation of the cellular components as a result of such a manipulation. When replicas that are obtained by the freeze-fracture method are observed in the electron microscope, cross fractures of the cell wall and membranes that comprise the photosynthetic lamellae are apparent as demonstrated in Figures 1 & 2.A large portion of the Anabaena cell is composed of undulating layers of cytoplasm that are bounded by unit membranes that comprise the photosynthetic membranes. The adjoining layers of cytoplasm are closely apposed to each other to form the photosynthetic lamellae. Occassionally the adjacent layers of cytoplasm are separated by an interspace that may vary in widths of up to several 100 mu to form intralamellar vesicles.


2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Chung ◽  
S. H. Kim ◽  
Y.T. Oh ◽  
M. Ali ◽  
A. Ahmad

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 860-865
Author(s):  
Lan-Lan LU ◽  
Gen-Bao LI ◽  
Yin-Wu SHEN ◽  
Ming-Ming HU ◽  
Yong-Ding LIU

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kajino ◽  
K. Sakamoto

Musty odor has occurred annually in Lake Biwa since 1969. Osaka municipal waterworks, which is located downstream of Lake Biwa, has made many efforts to treat musty-odor compounds produced in Lake Biwa from spring through autumn. With the development of analytical methods for the determination of musty-odor compounds, we have been able to confirm that planktonic blue-green algae are the major causes of the musty-odor occurrences. The relationship between the growth of blue-green algae and the water quality was not so apparent. However, through our data analysis focusing on the relationship between musty-odor occurrences due to Phormidium tenue or Oscillatoria tenuis and some nutrients in Lake Biwa, we found that the concentration of nitrate in water may be an important parameter for the estimation of growth of the algae and the musty-odor behavior.


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