Induction of atrazine tolerance in a natural soil assemblage of microalgae reared in the laboratory.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
; 66(1): 102-6, 2007 Jan.
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We investigated the occurrence of tolerance to atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) in soil microalgae by means of the pollution-induced community tolerance methodology. To this end, a natural soil assemblage of microalgae, reared under laboratory conditions, was used as experimental model. Experimental cultures were exposed to 0.46, 0.93, 1.85, 2.70, and 5.40 mg atrazine/L medium for 40 days. After this chronic exposure, both untreated and atrazine-pretreated cultures were subjected to a short-term dose-effect study with atrazine using average growth rate as endpoint. Results showed that chronic exposure to atrazine induced significant changes at the community level, increasing its atrazine tolerance. In addition, atrazine-pretreated assemblages seemed to display, on average, a reduced growth rate compared with untreated assemblages in the absence of atrazine. Response to the presence of atrazine could thus be achieved with some fitness cost. This suggests that the soil microalgal productivity could be diminished after exposure to atrazine.
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