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Selective control of Microcystis using an amino acid – a laboratory assay

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An amino acid (L-lysine) was screened against eighteen strains ofCyanophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyceae. OnlyMicrocystis strains (Cyanophyceae) were sensitive tolysine; other strains were not affected. Cells of sevenMicrocystis strains (106 cellsmL−1) were completely killed within 48h by lysine at concentrations between 0.6 and 5.0 mgL−1. Two Microcystis strains wereinhibited by 92 and 98 %. Similar results were obtained when lysine malonateandlysine copper were used as algicides. Microcystis specieswere killed by lysine malonate at concentrations between 0.6 and 5 mgL−1, and by lysine copper at concentrations between 0.5and 20 mg L−1.

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    Annett Hehmann, Kunimitsu Kaya & Makoto M. Watanabe

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Hehmann, A., Kaya, K. & Watanabe, M.M. Selective control of Microcystis using an amino acid – a laboratory assay. Journal of Applied Phycology 14, 85–89 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019546829940

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