Nurul Aisyah, Wan Jusoh and Chai, Mee Kin and Wong, Ling Shing and Ong, Ghim Hock and Wan, Betty Voon Niu (2020) Bioindication of heavy metals in aquatic environment using photosynthetic pigments in cyanobacteria. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 34. pp. 78-81. ISSN 1026-9185
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Freshwater resources is seriously threatened by heavy metals pollution. Thus developing an effective screening method for the presence of heavy metals is required. In this paper, the potential of using cyanobacteria for heavy metals detection in water bodies is determined. The cyanobacteria Anabaena cylindrica had been cultured, immobilized, and exposed to Cu, Pb, and Cd with the concentrations of 0.01 – 10.00 mg/L. The responses of the cells to the heavy metals were measured for 60 min. The effect of the cell culture age and cell density were determined as well. The cells with 7 days of culture age, and the amount of cell with density of OD= 0.5 A (measured at 700 nm wavelength) were found to produce highest photosynthetic fluorescence for the detection for heavy metals. The cells were capable to provide detectable fluorescence emission within 10 min of exposure. Thus the cyanobacteria was identified as a good candidate to serve as bioindicator for the heavy metals in water.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BioindicatorHeavy metalsCyanobacteriaPhotosynthetic pigments |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health & Life Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2020 03:06 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2021 03:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1400 |
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