Many pharmaceuticals have negative effects on biota when released into the environment. For example, recent work has shown that the commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug, metformin (N,N-dimethylbiguanide), has endocrine disrupting effects on fish. However, effects of metformin on aquatic primary producers are poorly known. We exposed cultured isolates of a freshwater...
Chlorella is a genus of unicellular, enkaryotic green algae. Chlorella-like algae
are found as endocellular symbionts within a number of animal species. Two chloroplast
genes were sequenced from the exsymbiotic strain Chlorella N la, originally isolated
from Paramecium bursaria. The genes for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate
carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL) and...
Microalgae has been under careful consideration as a sustainable feedstock for renewable fuel recently due to its year round production with high energy yields per unit area, reduced need for arable land, water treatment benefits with nutrient cycling, and minimal competition with the food industry. Despite of all these advantages,...