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Growth, death, and photobiology of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) under bacterial-algicide control

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Naturally occurring allelopathic compounds, specific to some phytoplankton, may be a good source of bio-control agents against microalgae responsible for harmful algal blooms (HABs). Global expansion of HABs has invigorated research into different approaches to control these algae, including the search for naturally derived algicidal compounds. Here, we investigated the effects of a filtrate from the algicidal marine bacterium Shewanella sp. IRI-160 on photochemical function of four cultured dinoflagellates, Karlodinium veneficum, Gyrodinium instriatum, Prorocentrum minimum, and Alexandrium tamarense. The filtrate (designated IRI-160AA) contains bioactive compound(s), which were recently shown to inhibit growth of several dinoflagellate species. Results of this study show that all dinoflagellates but P. minimum exhibited photosystem II (PSII) inhibition, loss of photosynthetic electron transport, and varying degrees of cellular mortality. Exposure assays over 24 h showed that PSII inhibition and loss of cell membrane integrity occurred simultaneously in G. instriatum, but not in K. veneficum, where PSII activity declined prior to losing outer-membrane integrity. In addition, PSII inhibition and population growth inhibition were dose-dependent in K. veneficum, with an average EC-50 of 7.9 % (v/v) IRI-160AA. Application of IRI-160AA induced significantly higher PSII inhibition and cell mortality in K. veneficum subjected to continuous darkness as compared to cells maintained with 12:12 h light/dark cycles, while no such dark effect was noted for G. instriatum. The marked differences in the rate and impact of this algicide suggest that multiple cellular targets and different cascades of cellular dysfunction occur across these dinoflagellates.

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This work was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Prevention, Control and Mitigation of HABs (PCM HAB) program (Grant #NA10NOS4780136 to KJC and MEW).

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Tilney, C.L., Pokrzywinski, K.L., Coyne, K.J. et al. Growth, death, and photobiology of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) under bacterial-algicide control. J Appl Phycol 26, 2117–2127 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-014-0248-z

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