Different depths within a metalimnetic layer of Oscillatoria rubescens were sampled, and changes in biochemical composition and photosynthetic rate were analyzed. Although differences in pigment and protein content were found, the photosynthetic rates of the samples were not significantly different.

Biosorption of Cd(II) ions from aqueous solutions by native and dried Oscillatoria sp. Cyanobacterium biomass was investigated in the batch mode. The Oscillatoria sp. was prepared from Molecular and Cell Laboratory of University of Mazandaran and grown in BG-11 medium. A comparison of Cd(II) adsorption properties of dried with native Oscillatoria sp. biomass was made, the dried one showed a hig...

We tested the recolonization of the phytobenthic community in the tailwaters of Glen Canyon Dam following longand short-term experimentally induced desiccation. The response of Cladophora glomerata, Oscillatoria spp., miscellaneous phytobenthos species and periphyton was studied over 18 weeks using three treatments: (1) undisturbed control cobbles from the submerged zone; (2) cobbles desiccated...

In order to assessing whether algae can reduce the pollution concentration of the effluents by absorbing the nutrients, it is found that effluents can effectively be treated by employing algal organisisms such as Oscillatoria and Stigeoclonium species and these organisms are frequently found in the polluted waters and they were recorded as pollution tolerant forms. In the laboratory procedures ...

The algae, Oscillatoria, is commonly found in prawn ponds and can lead to reduced productivity. We examined metabolites of the bacteria Brevibacillus laterosporus for algicidal qualities. To determine the possible algicidal mechanisms of these bioactive metabolites, different amounts of sterile filtrate of bacterial suspensions were added to cultures containing Oscillatoria. The dry weight, the...

Phytonutrients and pigments present in cyanobacteria act as antioxidants, which facilitate the formation of body's defense mechanism against free radical damage to cells. The aim of this investigation was to study the total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), antioxidant activity, phycobiliproteins (PBPs), and active compounds in four cyanobacterial species, that is, Oscillat...

Isolation of cyanobacteria was attempted from herbicide applied rice soils. The predominant genera were Westiellopsis followed by Anabaena, Nostoc and Oscillatoria. The herbicide tolerance was further tested by growing the cyanobacterial cultures in BG-11 medium supplemented with varying concentrations of the commonly used rice herbicide, viz butachlor under in vitro condition. The chlorophyll-...

In an earlier publication we reported on the role o f arginine for the development o f nitrate reductase activity in cells o f the filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria chalybea (Bednarz and Schmid, Z. Naturforsch. 46c, 591 (1991)). In the present paper we present further evidence that arginine is the natural inducer for nitrate reductase activity. Thus, we show that the induc­ tion is regula...

In Oscillatoria chalybea, as in other cyanobacteria, nitrate reduction depends directly on photosynthetic activity. Hence, nitrate reduction occurs only in the light and appears inhibited when photosynthesis is inhibited by the herbicide DCM U. Growth o f Oscillatoria cells is pos­ sible on a variety o f exogenous nitrogen sources in the medium and appears largely independ­ ent on the type of n...