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Bioaccumulation
About: Bioaccumulation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7112 publications have been published within this topic receiving 208953 citations. The topic is also known as: bioakumulace.
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TL;DR: It is concluded that sex and age may represent an important source of variation in the bioaccumulation of these metals in wild populations and suggests that C. russula is a good bioindicator of metal pollution.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method to measure bioaccumulation of metals in aquatic organisms based on the ratio of wet tissue concentration and water concentration, expressed as the ratio between wet tissue and water concentrations.
Abstract: Regulating metals on the basis of simple measures of bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms gives misleading results. Simple bioaccumulation factors are useful in characterizing the hazard posed by hydrophobic organic compounds, but the bioaccumulation of metals is more complex. For metals that are essential for health, many organisms have the ability to control and maintain internal metal concentrations in the presence of significant variations in external concentrations. Hence bioaccumulation factors expressed as the ratio of wet tissue concentration and water concentration must vary according to external concentration. Regulations that specify a single generic accumulation factor are thus inappropriate.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a study revealed that distillery sludge contains not only mixture of complex organic pollutants but also retains high quantity of Fe (5264.49), Zn (43.47), Cu (847.46), Mn (238.60), and Pb (31.22
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TL;DR: Investigation into GSH metabolism and its role in ameliorating metal toxicity can offer important information on the application of the microorganism for wastewater treatment.
Abstract: Phanerochaete chrysosporium are known to be vital hyperaccumulation species for heavy metal removal with admirable intracellular bioaccumulation capacity. This study analyzes the heavy metal-induced glutathione (GSH) accumulation and the regulation at the intracellular heavy metal level in P. chrysosporium. P. chrysosporium accumulated high levels of GSH, accompanied with high intracellular concentrations of Pb and Cd. Pb bioaccumulation lead to a narrow range of fluctuation in GSH accumulation (0.72-0.84 μmol), while GSH plummeted under Cd exposure at the maximum value of 0.37 μmol. Good correlations between time-course GSH depletion and Cd bioaccumulation were determined (R (2) > 0.87), while no significant correlations have been found between GSH variation and Pb bioaccumulation (R (2) < 0.38). Significantly, concentration-dependent molar ratios of Pb/GSH ranging from 0.10 to 0.18 were observed, while molar ratios of Cd/GSH were at the scope of 1.53-3.32, confirming the dominant role of GSH in Cd chelation. The study also demonstrated that P. chrysosporium showed considerable hypertolerance to Pb ions, accompanied with demand-driven stimulation in GSH synthesis and unconspicuous generation of reactive oxygen stress. GSH plummeted dramatically response to Cd exposure, due to the strong affinity of GSH to Cd and the involvement of GSH in Cd detoxification mechanism mainly as Cd chelators. Investigations into GSH metabolism and its role in ameliorating metal toxicity can offer important information on the application of the microorganism for wastewater treatment.
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TL;DR: Interestingly, high pharmaceutical levels were observed in fish from the Acaraguá river suggesting their transport into the protected area, from the surrounding lands, suggesting the importance of developing an advanced understanding of urban influences on inland protected watersheds.
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