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Adaptation of green microalgae to the herbicides simazine and diquat as result of pre-selective mutations.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 31 Jan 2010
Marvá Fernando, López-Rodas Victoria, Rouco Mónica, Navarro Macarena, Toro F Javier, Costas Eduardo, Flores-Moya Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Aquatic ecosystems located close to agricultural areas are increasingly polluted by herbicides. We evaluated the capacity for adaptation of green microalgae to lethal concentrations of the herbicide simazine in one strain of Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides and two strains of Scenedesmus intermedius, as well as adaptation to the herbicide diquat in one of the strains of S. intermedius. A Luria-Delbrück fluctuation...
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