Reversal of copper toxicity inamphora coffeaeformis: Role of externally bound copper
作者:
MauriceG Robinson,
BeverleyD Hall,
期刊:
Biofouling
(Taylor Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 3
页码: 179-189
ISSN:0892-7014
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1080/08927019009378144
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Diatom;Fouling;Copper;Toxicity;Amphora;Copper complexes
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Copper ions inhibit growth ofAmphora coffeaeformisbut are not lethal even after lengthy exposure at high concentrations. Growth inhibition is attributed primarily to copper bound to different types of sites on the cell surface which exhibit different binding strengths. Removal of weakly bound copper, by placing the cells in fresh medium or treating with EDTA, results in a partial reversal of toxicity. A minor fraction but important component of the external cellular copper is bound more tightly. When this copper is removed, by displacement with H+ions or cysteine, toxicity is completely reversed. Reversal of toxicity depends on the form of the copper moiety. Whereas copper toxicity may be readily reversed for copper (II) ions from either soluble copper salts or insoluble Cu2O and CuSCN it cannot be reversed for lipid‐soluble copper complexes. Entry of such complexes into the cell results in cell death.
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