KWRRI Research Reports
Abstract
The mode of action of the algicide produced by Pandorina morum was examined by exposing Volvox globator and isolates spinach chloroplasts to a partially purified algicide preparation. Oxygen evolution of Volvox, whole chloroplasts and broken chloroplasts (minus the Calvin cycle),was reduced indicating that the algicide inhibits the light reactions of photosynthesis. Oxygen evolution studies of other Volvocaceae confirmed the observation that Pandorina morum is not significantly influenced by its own inhibitor. Molecular weight approximation by gel filtration established that the inhibitor has a low molecular weight (probably below 100 mw). Field studies indicate that this algicide has tremendous potential as a control for the growth of nuisance algal growth.
Publication Date
12-1974
Report Number
79
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/kwrri.rr.79
Funding Information
The work on which this report is based was supported in part by funds provided by the Office of Water Resources Research, United States Department of the Interior, as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964.
Repository Citation
Harris, Denny O. and Caldwell, Harry D., "A Study of Naturally Occurring Algicides Produced by Freshwater Algae" (1974). KWRRI Research Reports. 118.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kwrri_reports/118
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Algae Commons, Fresh Water Studies Commons, Hydrology Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
