Fate of Saxitoxins in Lake Water: Preliminary Testing of Degradation by Microbes and Sunlight
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Fate of Saxitoxins in Lake Water : Preliminary Testing of Degradation by Microbes and Sunlight. / Jørgensen, Niels O.G.; Podduturi, Raju; Michelsen, Charlotte Frydenlund; Jepsen, Thea; Moraes, Munique de Almeida Bispo.
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T1 - Fate of Saxitoxins in Lake Water
T2 - Preliminary Testing of Degradation by Microbes and Sunlight
AU - Jørgensen, Niels O.G.
AU - Podduturi, Raju
AU - Michelsen, Charlotte Frydenlund
AU - Jepsen, Thea
AU - Moraes, Munique de Almeida Bispo
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The cyanobacterial toxin saxitoxin (STX) is mainly associated with the blooms of marine dinoflagellates, but it is also produced by several species of freshwater cyanobacteria. So far, the degradation of STX has only been demonstrated by physicochemical treatments, but in this study, we demonstrated that natural factors, such as bacterioplankton and sunlight, had the capacity for degrading STX in the eutrophic Lake Arresø, Denmark. Natural lake bacterioplankton could reduce STX concentrations by 41–59%. A similar reduction was shown for four saxitoxin analogs. The exposure of the lake water to natural sunlight or simulated sunlight also reduced both intracellular and extracellular, dissolved STX. During 4–8 h exposure, natural sunlight reduced intracellular STX by 38–52% but increased extracellular, dissolved STX by 7–29%. Corresponding values for simulated sunlight were a reduction in intracellular STX by 16–45% and increased levels of extracellular STX by 10–33%. In particle-free lake water, the two types of sunlight reduced ambient, dissolved STX by 13–17%. The light exposure was observed to damage >94% of the sxtA gene involved in STX synthesis. This study demonstrated that lake water bacterioplankton and sunlight can modify STX by degradation and cell destruction, and that the biosynthesis of STX may be inhibited by exposure to sunlight.
AB - The cyanobacterial toxin saxitoxin (STX) is mainly associated with the blooms of marine dinoflagellates, but it is also produced by several species of freshwater cyanobacteria. So far, the degradation of STX has only been demonstrated by physicochemical treatments, but in this study, we demonstrated that natural factors, such as bacterioplankton and sunlight, had the capacity for degrading STX in the eutrophic Lake Arresø, Denmark. Natural lake bacterioplankton could reduce STX concentrations by 41–59%. A similar reduction was shown for four saxitoxin analogs. The exposure of the lake water to natural sunlight or simulated sunlight also reduced both intracellular and extracellular, dissolved STX. During 4–8 h exposure, natural sunlight reduced intracellular STX by 38–52% but increased extracellular, dissolved STX by 7–29%. Corresponding values for simulated sunlight were a reduction in intracellular STX by 16–45% and increased levels of extracellular STX by 10–33%. In particle-free lake water, the two types of sunlight reduced ambient, dissolved STX by 13–17%. The light exposure was observed to damage >94% of the sxtA gene involved in STX synthesis. This study demonstrated that lake water bacterioplankton and sunlight can modify STX by degradation and cell destruction, and that the biosynthesis of STX may be inhibited by exposure to sunlight.
KW - lake water
KW - microbial degradation
KW - saxitoxin
KW - sxtA gene
KW - UV degradation
U2 - 10.3390/w14213556
DO - 10.3390/w14213556
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85141867565
VL - 14
JO - Water
JF - Water
SN - 2073-4441
IS - 21
M1 - 3556
ER -
ID: 327128892