Influense of various forms of iron on growth of Chlorella vulgaris Beijer culture

Abstract

A comparative study of the toxic effect of magnetic nanoparticles of iron oxide (MNPs) and ions of bivalent and trivalent iron in the composition of sulfates on the growth of an intensive culture of Chlorella vulgaris Beijer is provided. The high sensitivity of the introduced biotest is shown for the case of a standard toxicant (potassium dichromate). Using the probit-analysis, and semi-extincting specific growth rate of EC50 culture concentrations were established in four-day experiments, which amounted to 1.3 ± 0.2 mg/l for potassium dichromate, 0.8 ± 0.1 mg/l for ferrous iron, 2.0 ± 0.2 mg/l for trivalent 1 and for MNPs iron oxide - 13 ± 1 mg / l. The probit analysis features and the significantly lower semi-suppressing specific growth rate of the culture in experiments with MNPs compared with ionic iron suggests a possible manifestation of other forms of exposure that are not related to the mechanism of chemical intoxication. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.