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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 12, Pages 7006-7014Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05172
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC1404300]
- AoShan Talents Cultivation Program by Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology [2017ASTCP-OS16]
- NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers [U1606404]
- AoShan Technological Innovation Program by Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology [2016ASKJ02-3]
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The data and experiences in mitigating harmful algal blooms (HABs) by modified clay (MC) show that a bloom does not continue after the dispersal of the MC, even though the density of the residual cells in the water is still high, at 20-30% of the initial cell density. This interesting phenomenon indicates that in addition to flocculation, MC has an additional control mechanism. Here, transcriptome sequencing technology was used to study the molecular mechanism of MC in controlling HABs. In residual cells treated with MC, the photosynthetic light reaction was the most affected physiological process. Some genes related to the light harvesting complex, photosystem (PS) I and PS II, were significantly up-regulated (p < 0.05), and several transcripts increased by as much as 6-told. In contrast, genes associated with the dark reaction did not significantly change. In addition to genes associated with photosynthesis, numerous genes related to energy metabolism, stress adaptation, cytoskeletal functioning, and cell division also responded to MC treatment. These results indicated that following treatment with MC, the normal physiological processes of algal cells were disrupted, which inhibited cell proliferation and growth. Thus, these findings provide scientific proof that HABs are controlled by MC.
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