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Cellular quotas and induced toxicity of selenite in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2005

J.C. Barescut ,
J.C. Gariel ,
J.M. Péres ,
H. Morlon ,
C. Fortin ,
C. Adam  and
J. Garnier-Laplace
H. Morlon
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Radioécologie et d'Écotoxicologie, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DEI/SECRE/LRE, Cadarache, Bât. 186, BP. 3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
C. Fortin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Radioécologie et d'Écotoxicologie, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DEI/SECRE/LRE, Cadarache, Bât. 186, BP. 3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
C. Adam
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Radioécologie et d'Écotoxicologie, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DEI/SECRE/LRE, Cadarache, Bât. 186, BP. 3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
J. Garnier-Laplace
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Radioécologie et d'Écotoxicologie, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, DEI/SECRE/LRE, Cadarache, Bât. 186, BP. 3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
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Abstract

Cellular growth and intracellular concentrations of selenite in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii showed considerable variability between replicates at ambient concentrations of Se that became toxic to the alga. However, growth inhibition was well correlated to the cellular quota of selenite; the correlation between absorbed selenite and toxicity was better than the simple correlation between ambient selenite and toxicity usually used to express metal toxicity, suggesting selenite toxicity is mainly linked to intracellular accumulation. It is usually expected that effects of contaminants on organisms depend on internal concentrations. These results confirm this hypothesis.

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Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 40 , Issue S1 , May 2005 , pp. S101 - S106
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© EDP Sciences, 2005

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