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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
卷 92, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv159
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carbon dioxide; amino acids; C:N ratio; microcystins; Microcystis aeruginosa; global change
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资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB956100]
- National Science Foundation of China [41403061]
Elevated pCO(2) may promote phytoplankton growth, and potentially alleviate carbon limitation during dense blooms. Under nitrogen-limited conditions, elevated pCO(2) may furthermore alter the phytoplankton carbon-nitrogen (C:N) balance and thereby the synthesis of secondary metabolites, such as cyanobacterial toxins. A common group of these toxins are the microcystins, with variants that differ not only in C: N stoichiometry, but also in toxicity. Here, we hypothesized that elevated pCO(2) will increase the cellular C: N ratios of cyanobacteria, thereby promoting the more toxic microcystin variants with higher C: N ratios. To test this hypothesis, we performed chemostat experiments under nitrogen-limited conditions, exposing three Microcystis aeruginosa strains to two pCO(2) treatments: 400 and 1200 mu atm. Biomass, cellular C: N ratios and total microcystin contents at steady state remained largely unaltered in all three strains. Across strains and treatments, however, cellular microcystin content decreased with increasing cellular C: N ratios, suggesting a general stoichiometric regulation. Furthermore, as predicted, microcystin variants with higher C: N ratios generally increased with elevated pCO(2), while the variant with a low C: N ratio decreased. Thus, elevated pCO(2) under nitrogen-limited conditions may shift the cellular microcystin composition towards the more toxic variants. Such CO2-driven changes may have consequences for the toxicity of Microcystis blooms.
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