Photosynthetica 2007, 45(3):363-369 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-007-0062-9

Selective effects of H2O2 on cyanobacterial photosynthesis

M. Drábková1,3,4, H. C. P. Matthijs2, W. Admiraal1, B. Mar¹álek3,4
1 Department of Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Aquatic Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3 RECETOX-Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
4 Institute of Botany, Department of Experimental Phycology and Ecotoxicology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

The sensitivity of phytoplankton species for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was analyzed by pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. The inhibition of photosynthesis was more severe in five tested cyanobacterial species than in three green algal species and one diatom species. Hence the inhibitory effect of H2O2 is especially pronounced for cyanobacteria. A specific damage of the photosynthetic apparatus was demonstrated by changes in 77 K fluorescence emission spectra. Different handling of oxidative stress and different cell structure are responsible for the different susceptibility to H2O2 between cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton species. This principle may be potentially employed in the development of new agents to combat cyanobacterial bloom formation in water reservoirs.

Additional key words: chlorophyll fluorescence induction; diatoms; fluorescence emission spectra; green algae; species differences

Received: December 1, 2006; Accepted: January 15, 2007; Published: September 1, 2007  Show citation

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Drábková, M., Matthijs, H.C.P., Admiraal, W., & Mar¹álek, B. (2007). Selective effects of H2O2 on cyanobacterial photosynthesis. Photosynthetica, 45(3), 363-369. doi: 10.1007/s11099-007-0062-9
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