The Influence of Phenol on the Growth, Morphology and Cell Division of Euglena gracilis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378050%3A_____%2F23%3A00637181" target="_blank" >RIV/68378050:_____/23:00637181 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/8/1734" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/8/1734</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13081734" target="_blank" >10.3390/life13081734</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Influence of Phenol on the Growth, Morphology and Cell Division of Euglena gracilis
Original language description
Phenol, a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with various commercial uses, is a major pollutant in industrial wastewater. Euglena gracilis is a unicellular freshwater flagellate possessing secondary chloroplasts of green algal origin. This protist has been widely used for monitoring the biological effect of various inorganic and organic environmental pollutants, including aromatic hydrocarbons. In this study, we evaluate the influence of different phenol concentrations (3.39 mM, 3.81 mM, 4.23 mM, 4.65 mM, 5.07 mM, 5.49 mM and 5.91 mM) on the growth, morphology and cell division of E. gracilis. The cell count continually decreases (p < 0.05-0.001) over time with increasing phenol concentration. While phenol treatment does not induce bleaching (permanent loss of photosynthesis), the morphological changes caused by phenol include the formation of spherical (p < 0.01-0.001), hypertrophied (p < 0.05) and monster cells (p < 0.01) and lipofuscin bodies. Phenol also induces an atypical form of cell division of E. gracilis, simultaneously producing more than 2 (3-12) viable cells from a single cell. Such atypically dividing cells have a symmetric ,,star,,-like shape. The percentage of atypically dividing cells increases (p < 0.05) with increasing phenol concentration. Our findings suggest that E. gracilis can be used as bioindicator of phenol contamination in freshwater habitats and wastewater.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10601 - Cell biology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LM2018129" target="_blank" >LM2018129: National Infrastructure for Biological and Medical Imaging Czech-BioImaging</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Life
ISSN
2075-1729
e-ISSN
2075-1729
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1734
UT code for WoS article
001056884500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85168992240