Shuran Yang, Jinrui Cao, Chen Zhao, Xi Zhang, Chenyu Li, Shang Wang, Xiaobo Yang, Zhigang Qiu, Chao Li, Jingfeng Wang, Bin Xue, Zhiqiang Shen
Cylindrospermopsin (CYN), a cyanobacterial toxin, has been detected in the global water environment. However, information concerning the potential environmental risk of CYN is limited, since the majority of previous studies have mainly focused on the adverse health effects of CYN through contaminated drinking water. The present study reported that CYN at environmentally relevant levels (0.1-100 μg/L) can significantly enhance the conjugative transfer of RP4 plasmid in Escherichia coli genera, wherein application of 10 μg/L of CYN led to maximum fold change of ∼6...
April 5, 2024: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety