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Interactive effects of cadmium and Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacterium) on the growth, antioxidative responses and accumulation of cadmium and microcystins in rice seedlings

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Cadmium pollution and harmful cyanobacterial blooms are two prominent environmental problems. The interactive effects of cadmium(II) and harmful cyanobacteria on rice seedlings remain unknown. In order to elucidate this issue, the interactive effects of cadmium(II) and Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB905 on the growth and antioxidant responses of rice seedling were investigated in this study, as well as the accumulation of cadmium(II) and microcystins. The results showed that the growth of rice seedlings was inhibited by cadmium(II) stress but promoted by inoculation of M. aeruginosa FACHB905. cadmium(II) stress induced oxidative damage on rice seedlings. Inoculation of M. aeruginosa FACHB905 alleviated the toxicity of cadmium(II) on rice seedlings. The accumulation of cadmium(II) in rice seedlings was decreased by M. aeruginosa FACHB905, but the translocation of cadmium(II) from root to shoot was increased by this cyanobacterium. The accumulation of microcystins in rice seedlings was decreased by cadmium(II). Results presented in this study indicated that cadmium(II) and M. aeruginosa had antagonistic toxicity on rice seedlings. The findings of this study throw new light on evaluation of ecological- and public health-risks for the co-contamination of cadmium(II) and harmful cyanobacteria.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272248); Foundation from Education Department of Hunan Province (14B084); Joint Foundation of China and Australia (2013DFG91190).

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    **aolin Kuang, Bangsong Yao & Jihai Shao

  2. College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, P. R. China

    **aolin Kuang, Ji-Dong Gu, BaiQing Tie & Jihai Shao

  3. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China

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Kuang, X., Gu, JD., Tie, B. et al. Interactive effects of cadmium and Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacterium) on the growth, antioxidative responses and accumulation of cadmium and microcystins in rice seedlings. Ecotoxicology 25, 1588–1599 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1714-y

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