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Responses of Unio pictorum to the Presence of Toxic and Nontoxic Strains of Microcystis aeruginosa

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In order to assess the impact of cyanobacteria on mollusks under experimental conditions, the interaction of toxic and nontoxic strains of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing and bivalve mollusks Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) has been studied. Cyanobacteria have a negative effect on bivalve mollusks: the 40% death of mollusks and deterioration of their adaptive capacity are recorded when cocultivated with M. aeruginosa at a high cell concentration. At the same time, there is no difference in the mortality of mollusks incubated with toxic and nontoxic cyanobacteria. A decrease in the content of microcystin-LR in the presence of bivalves is revealed. No statistically significant increase in the number of cyanobacteria in the water is noted after transit passage through the digestive system of bivalves.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank S.V. Kholodkevich (St. Petersburg Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences) for providing equipment for recording the heart rate in mollusks.

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The work was carried out as part of the state task of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, topics 122041100085-8, 122041100086-5, and 121051100099-5, as well as with financial support from the Government of the Tyumen oblast according to the project of the West Siberian Interregional Scientific and Educational Center, no. 89-DON (2).

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Abbreviations: HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography; Chl, chlorophyll; HR, heart rate.

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Sharov, A.N., Zaytseva, T.B. & Medvedeva, N.G. Responses of Unio pictorum to the Presence of Toxic and Nontoxic Strains of Microcystis aeruginosa. Inland Water Biol 16, 1159–1165 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923060214

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