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MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
卷 57, 期 4, 页码 667-674出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9425-4
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- Austrian Science Foundation [P14153-BIO]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu [BK2001193]
- cooperation program between Austria and China
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P14153] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
The occurrence of bloom-forming cyanobacteria is one of the most obvious sign of eutrophication in freshwaters. Although in eutrophic lakes water transparency in the ultraviolet (UV) region is strongly reduced, bloom-forming cyanobacteria are exposed to high solar UV radiation at the surface. Here, we show that, in a natural phytoplankton community from a very eutrophic lake, Microcystis synthesizes UV sunscreen compounds identified as mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). The biomass-specific MAA concentration was significantly correlated with the occurrence of Microcystis but not with other algal groups, even though they were dominant in terms of biomass. Based on a photo-optical model, we estimated that the maximum MAA concentration per cell observed (2.5% dry weight) will confer only similar to 40% of internal screening to a single layer of Microcystis cells. Thus, the formation of a colony with several layers of cells is important to afford an efficient UV screening by internal self-shading. Overall, we propose that Microcystis uses a combination of photoprotective strategies (MAAs, carotenoids) to cope with high solar UV radiation at the water surface. These strategies include also the screening of UV radiation by d-galacturonic acid, one of the main chemical components of the slime layer in Microcystis.
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