微囊藻毒素的产生及其影响因子

介绍了光照、温度、营养元素、pH值等环境因子对微囊藻的生长及其毒素生成的影响.一定强度的光照促进毒素的合成,微囊藻生长在较低的温度或营养元素受限制时,生长速率下降,但毒素产率较高.微囊藻毒素的含量在藻的指数生长后期与稳定期达最大值,毒素产率则在指数生长初期达最大.不同环境因子可能通过不同途径影响毒素的产生,需进一步研究藻毒素的功能及合成途径.     

浙江省蓝藻水华应急与预警监测

蓝藻水华污染可产生多种藻毒素,其中以微囊藻毒素的危害最为严重.通过对近年来国内外关于水体中微囊藻毒素检测技术的系统介绍以及优缺点分析,结合浙江省实情,提出了在浙江省开展蓝藻水华应急与预警监测的初步方案,以有效防范微囊藻毒素给水环境及人类健康带来的威胁.     

碳源对铜绿微囊藻生理特性及微囊藻毒素产率的影响

为研究水体中不同碳源对铜绿微囊藻生理特性的影响,以Na2CO3与葡萄糖分别作为铜绿微囊藻生长的无机碳源与有机碳源,将铜绿微囊藻于光照下进行培养,并对其一系列的生理特性与微囊藻毒素产率进行检测。实验结果表明,同等碳浓度下,有机碳源更能促进铜绿微囊藻的生长,经过30 d的培养,铜绿微囊藻在有机碳源中的产量为187.55 g,比其在无机碳源中的产量提高了6.06%;微囊藻毒素在有机碳源中的产量为969.00μg/g,而在无机碳源中的产量却升高至1 193.60μg/g。参与藻毒素合成的3种氨基酸在无机碳源中的浓度要比有机碳源中的浓度高,但是其余几种氨基酸的含量与之情况相反。而有机碳源培养的铜绿微囊藻总可溶性蛋白含量为387.00μg/g,比无机碳源培养的铜绿微囊藻的蛋白含量提高了93.60%。     

藻毒素处理技术研究进展

介绍了藻毒素的结构、性质及危害,总结了其物理、化学,物理化学和生物处理方法。对藻毒素的处理技术进行了展望。微囊藻毒素（MC）处理将是未来重要的研究领域。文章最后提出了几点努力方向。     

饮用水中柱孢藻毒素与类毒素-A控制研究进展

柱孢藻毒素和类毒素-A是目前饮用水处理领域关注的两种新兴藻类分泌毒素。柱孢藻毒素分子结构稳定、沸点高、水中溶解度高,可引起严重的急性肝中毒,同时具有较强的细胞毒性与基因毒性。类毒素-A分子量小、结构简单、神经毒性极大,被称为"极速致死因子"。鉴于其广泛存在于蓝藻生长的水源水中,其浓度与微囊藻毒素相当,对饮用水安全构成较大威胁,为此对柱孢藻毒素与类毒素-A的结构特征、毒性、检测方法及控制方法进行了综述。两种溶解性藻毒素在饮用水常规处理中均难以有效去除,氯化消毒对柱孢藻毒素的降解具有较好的效果而难以氧化类毒素-A,臭氧氧化和高级氧化对两种藻毒素的去除具有一定的效果。如何强化净水工艺中柱孢藻毒素和类毒素-A的有效控制是目前该领域新的研究方向之一。     

包埋水华鱼腥藻和活性炭对污水中氮磷的净化

采用聚乙烯醇-海藻酸钠（PVA—SA）凝胶包埋水华鱼腥藻与活性炭混合物，对比水华鱼腥藻在包埋、吸附以及悬浮状态下对高浓度模拟废水中氨氮的去除效果，实验结果表明，水华鱼腥藻在包埋状态下对氨氮有更好的去除效果。通过正交实验研究SA、粉末活性炭（PAC）、水华鱼腥藻之间不同质量比的包埋混合物对去除污水中NH4＋-N、TP以及处理后废水中微囊藻毒素（MC）残留量的影响，结果表明，当PVA量为8％时，SA、PAC和藻含量分别在0．5％、0．5％和0．2％为NH4＋-N、TP的最佳去除组合，同时处理后污水中MC的含量也低于联合国标准1Iμg／L，避免了二次污染的同时为产毒素藻类的利用创造了条件。     

水源水微囊藻毒素污染及控制方法

饮用水源藻毒素污染已越来越引起人们的关注，微囊藻毒素（Microcystins，即MCYST）是由蓝藻的部分藻属产生的环肽化合物，性质稳定，已被证明具有明显的肝毒性，是肝肿瘤促进剂之一。目前消除水体中MCYST的主要方法有物理法、化学法和生物法，多项研究表明臭氧、光催化氧化、氯化、活性炭以及生物控制等方法能较好地去除毒素。     

一株具有藻毒素降解和溶藻功能细菌的分离鉴定

从太湖水华腐烂蓝藻中富集筛选出一株编号A-8的细菌。该菌株菌落圆形、灰白色,革兰氏染色阴性,氧化酶阴性,接触酶阳性;分子系统进化树显示为溶血不动杆菌。根据以上结果,将此菌株鉴定为溶血不动杆菌。此外,对这株菌降解微囊藻毒素、不同生长时期的细菌的溶藻效果及溶藻专一性进行了研究。结果显示:该菌在3 d时间里将藻毒素降解了30.4%;细菌通过分泌胞外物质溶藻,细菌在衰退期时胞外分泌物的溶藻效果最好;该菌还对瘤状念珠藻、颤藻等9种蓝藻有溶藻作用。     

光反应器中UV/Fenton光降解湖水中微囊藻毒素的研究

在光催化反应器中,采用UV/Fenton光催化氧化技术,对湖水中微囊藻毒素的光催化降解过程中各影响因子分析表明:微囊藻毒素光催化氧化降解率受光照强度、氧化剂种类及浓度、溶液pH和不同光催化体系等多因素的影响.光促催化氧化体系对MC-LR藻毒素降解具有显著的作用,在紫外光与氧化剂的协同作用下,紫外光照强度越高,越易于促进MC-LR藻毒素快速降解,降解率可到达80%以上.     

水力空化耦合电解抑藻工艺性能的初步研究

采用水力空化与电解耦合的工艺去除水体中的藻类。初步探索了包括空化管径和电解时间在内的处理工艺参数，改善了处理装置结构。试验选用天然水体优势藻种——铜绿微囊藻和水华鱼腥藻为研究对象，在优化后的水力空化条件下，水头压力0.33 MPa，电流密度为2.13 mA/cm²，处理10 L密度为3.0×106 mL^-1的铜绿微囊藻藻液。结果表明，该装置具有显著的抑藻效果，处理30 min的水样在处理后培养3 d可以达到76.9%的抑藻率，4 d后抑藻率上升到到97.5%。而对藻液分别进行单独空化30 min和单独电解30 min后培养4 d的抑藻率分别为27.7%和27.8%，表明空化耦合电解具有协同作用。通过比较该装置对不同藻种以及处于不同生长阶段的藻种的处理效果，发现装置对铜绿微囊藻的抑藻率显著优于水华鱼腥藻；对于铜绿微囊藻而言，处于对数生长期的藻细胞比稳定生长期更易被除去。     

Detection of free and covalently bound microcystins in animal tissues by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Microcystins are cyanobacterial hepatotoxins capable of accumulation into animal tissues. The toxins act by inhibiting specific protein phosphatases and both non-covalent and covalent interactions occur. The 2-methyl-3-methoxy-4-phenylbutyric acid (MMPB) method determines the total, i.e. the sum of free and protein-bound microcystin in tissues. The aim of the method development in this paper was to tackle the problems with the MMPB methodology: the rather laborious workflow and the loss of material during different steps of the method. In the optimised workflow the oxidation recovery was of acceptable level (29-40%), the extraction efficiency good (62-97%), but the signal suppression effect from the matrix remained severe in our system (16-37% signal left). The extraction efficiency for the determination of the free, extractable microcystins, was found to be good, 52-100%, depending on the sample and the toxin variant and concentration.     

Optimization of an effective extraction procedure for the analysis of microcystins in soils and lake sediments

Microcystin analysis in sediments and soils is considered very difficult due to low recovery for extraction. This is the primary limiting factor for understanding the fate of toxins in the interface between water and sediment in both the aquatic ecosystem as well as in soils. In the present study, a wide range of extraction solvents were evaluated over a wide range of pH, extraction approaches and equilibration time to optimize an effective extraction procedure for the analysis of microcystins in soils and lake sediments. The number of extractions required and acids in extraction solutions were also studied. In this procedure, EDTA-sodium pyrophosphate solution was selected as an extraction solvent based on the adsorption mechanism study. The optimized procedure proved to be highly efficient and achieved over 90% recovery. Finally, the developed procedure was applied to field soil and sediment sample collected from Chinese lakes during bloom seasons and microcystins were determined in six of ten samples.     

微囊藻毒素的生物降解综述

从微囊藻毒素降解菌、降解途径和影响降解的因素三方面，对国内外微囊藻毒素生物降解的研究现状及发展趋势作一介绍。     

Non-microcystin producing Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek (Cyanobacteria) representing a main waterbloom-forming species in Chinese waters

It is well known that several morphospecies of Microcystis, such as Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Lemmermann and Microcystis viridis (A. Brown) Lemmermann can produce hepatotoxic microcystins. However, previous studies gave contradictory conclusions about microcystin production of Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek. In the present study, ten Microcystis morphospecies were identified in waterblooms of seven Chinese waterbodies, and Microcystis wesenbergii was shown as the dominant species in these waters. More than 250 single colonies of M. wesenbergii were chosen, under morphological identification, to examine whether M. wesenbergii produce hepatotoxic microcystin by using multiplex PCR for molecular detection of a region (mcyA) of microcystin synthesis genes, and chemical analyses of microcystin content by ELISA and HPLC for 21 isolated strains of M. wesenbergii from these waters were also performed. Both molecular and chemical methods demonstrated that M. wesenbergii from Chinese waters did not produce microcystin.     

Use of protein phosphatase inhibition assay to detect microcystins in Donghu Lake and a fish pond in China

Seasonal variations in the level of total microcystins in water samples collected from Donghu Lake and a fish pond in Wuhan, China, were studied between March 1995 and February 1996 using a protein phosphatase inhibition assay involving a radioactive 32P-labelled substrate. The assay is highly reliable and repeatable, and is probably the most sensitive assay for microcystin detection to date. Results of the survey indicated the presence of microcystins in the water samples, and the concentration of microcystins appeared to be related to the degree of eutrophication and water temperature. There is also a correlative relationship between the quantity of microcystins and the abundance of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria (Anabaena and Oscillatoria) in the water bodies over a year cycle. In the present study, the positive detection of microcystins in water bodies having no signs of algal bloom warns of considerable potential threat of these waters to public health.     

Degradation of microcystins using immobilized microorganism isolated in an eutrophic lake

The final purpose of our series of studies is to establish a biological removal method of cyanobacteria and their toxic products using immobilized microorganisms that can lyse cyanobacteria and decompose microcystins. To establish the biological removal method in non-point areas and water purification plants, as the first step, we explored bacteria active against the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin in the present study. Eleven active bacteria were isolated from samples taken from Lakes Tsukui and Sagami, Japan. Among 3 strains (B-9 to B-11) with degradative activity, strain B-9 exhibited the strongest activity. The 16S rDNA sequence of the strain B-9 showed the highest similarity to that of Sphingomonas sp. Y2 (AB084247, 99% similarity). Microcystins-RR and -LR were completely degraded by strain B-9 (SC16) within 1d, which led to an immobilized microorganism with a polyester resin. The degradation of microcystin-RR in a bioreactor using the immobilized strain B-9 was observed and microcystin-RR (> 90%) was completely degraded after 24 h. Microcystin-RR was added to the lake water at regular intervals and the degradation after 24 h was observed in the bioreactor over a 72-d period. An over 80% removal efficiency continued for 2 months, showing that the life of the immobilized B-9 in terms of activity was at least 2 months under the optimized conditions. From these results, this immobilized B-9 is feasible for the practical treatment of microcystins in non-point areas and water purification plants.     

Determination of toxic cyclic heptapeptides by liquid chromatography with detection using ultra-violet, protein phosphatase assay and tandem mass spectrometry

Microcystins, toxic cyclic heptapeptides and nodularin-R, a toxic cyclic pentapeptide, were determined using liquid chromatography (LC) with detection using photo-diode array ultra-violet (PDA-UV) and protein phosphatase (PP) assay. Positive fractions were analysed for toxins using collision-induced dissociation (CID) and tandem MS/MS experiments which were carried out simultaneously using electrospray ion-trap instrumentation. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) using an acetonitrile/water gradient was used for the LC-MS(2) determination of six microcystins standards and nodularin. The molecular related ion species, [M+H](+)([M+2H](2+) in the case of MC-RR), were used as the precursor ions for MS(2) experiments. Optimum calibration and reproducibility data were obtained for MC-LR using LC-MS(2); 0.1-5.0 microg/ml, r2 = 0.992 (n = 3); % RSD < or =7.3 at 0.25 microg MC-LR/ml (n = 3). The detection limit (S/N = 3) was better than 0.1 ng. Water samples for microcystin analysis were first screened using protein phosphatase (PP) assays and positives were concentrated using C-18 solid-phase extraction. The developed method was applied to examine a lake in Ireland contaminated by Microcystis sp. and MC-LR and MC-LA were identified.     

Identification of microcystins in cyanobacteria from the Bleiloch former drinking-water reservoir (Thuringia, Germany).

The presence of microcystins in cyanobacterial samples collected from the Bleiloch reservoir, formerly an important drinking-water supply in Thuringia, Germany, was proven by application of a combination of recently developed analytical methods. The raw extracts were cleaned by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) or solid-phase extraction (SPE). The determination of microcystins was achieved by different HPLC separation followed by the application of alternative detection methods (UV, diode array detection (DAD), and mass spectrometry (MS), respectively). Furthermore, the different results of clean-up by SPE and SEC are demonstrated. The identity of microcystins was verified by MS/MS measurements. In the cyanobacterial sample from 1998, microcystin-RR, -LR and -YR were found, whereas in 1999 only microcystin-LR and -YR were detectable. In addition to detection of cell-bound microcystins, in 1999 traces of dissolved microcystins in water from the Bleiloch reservoir were detected. It can be assumed that not only the Bleiloch reservoir is contaminated with hepatotoxins but also many similar lakes still used for drinking water supply.     

Treatment system for solid matrix contaminated with fluoranthene. I--Modified extraction technique.

A laboratory-scale ultrasonication technique was developed for fluoranthene extraction from soils and sediments where the utilized organic solvent would be recovered after the extraction process. Therefore, the remedied soils and sediments would be free from toxicant and trace of added chemicals. The developed ultrasonication technique outlined here is an integrated part of a complete remediation system consisting of extraction and solar detoxification reactors. This paper investigates extraction efficiencies under different conditions, outlines solvent recovery technique and compares extraction efficiency of the developed ultrasonication technique with a commercially available laboratory-scale sonication bath. The spiked soil sample with fluoranthene (19.4 microg g(-1)) and organic solvent was ultrasonicated at 40 degrees C for 20 min. The sonicated mixture was allowed to settle for 10 min before the extract gravitated into the modified solar reactor for fluoranthene detoxification. The added solvents were removed from the remedied soil before it was released to site. The mixture of cyclohexane and ethanol (CH:ETOH) (3:1) was the favorable solvent from among 10 organic solvents because of its high extraction efficiency, safety and low cost. Preliminary results indicated that the developed extraction technique recovered more than 93% of fluoranthene from soil samples.     

Mechanism study on the frequent variations of cell-bound microcystins in cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Taihu: Implications for water quality monitoring and assessments

Although Microcystis-based toxins have been intensively studied, previous studies using laboratory cultures of Microcystis strains are difficult to explain the phenomenon that microcystin concentrations and toxin variants in natural blooms differ widely and frequently within a short-term period. The present study was designed to unravel the mechanisms for the frequent variations of intracellular toxins related to the differences in cyanobacterial colonies during bloom seasons in Lake Taihu, China. Monitoring of Microcystis colonies during warm seasons indicated that the variations in microcystins in both concentrations and toxin species were associated with the frequent alteration of Microcystis colonies in Lake Taihu. High concentration of microcystins in the blooms was always associated with two Microcystis colonies, Microcystis flos-aquae and Microcystis aeruginosa, whereas when Microcystis wesenbergii was the dominant colonial type, the toxin production of the blooms was low. Additionally, environmental factors such as temperature and nutrition were also shown to have an effect on the toxin production of the blooms, and may also potentially influence the Microcystis species present. The results of the present study provides insight into a new consideration for quick water quality monitoring, assessment and risk alert in cyanobacterium- and toxin-contaminated freshwaters, which will be beneficial not only for water agencies but also for public health.