Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface active substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts

Ostroumov, S. A.; Tret'yakova, A. N. Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface active substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts. - Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1990, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 79-81; ISSN 0096-7807. This is a first publication to report a unique bioassay of synthetic surfactants using soil algae. Also, this is a first publication to report a juxtaposition of results of the three methods of assessment of toxicity of a chemical: the methods that use (1) plant seedlings; (2) aquatic algae cultures; (3) soil algal cultures. Experiments investigating the effects of the cationic surface active compound tetradecyl trimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA) on a number of aquatic and soil algal cultures, and the seedlings of the higher plant Fagopyrum esculentum are described, and the results presented. It is concluded that future studies on the effects of pollutants on algae should involve the use of several test systems (both aquatic and soil algal cultures). Title: EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WITH A CATIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE ON ALGAE AND FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM SPROUTS. Author(s): OSTROUMOV S.A.; TRETYAKOVA A.N. Source: SOVIET JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY [=Russian Journal of Ecology] Volume: 21, Issue: 2 Pages: 79-81, Published: MAR-APR 1990; Available at: http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19911959003.html;jsessionid=A94FF8C3946B30B7F886D2BCF88204FC; The reference in a traditional form: Ostroumov, S. A.; Tret'yakova, A. N. Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface active substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts. - Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1990, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 79-81; ISSN 0096-7807. [At that moment of time the journal was published by Plenum Publishing Corporation, 233 Spring St., N.Y., N.Y. 10013; the reference number of the publication published at the first page of the paper: 0096-7807/90/2102-0079]. A short abstract: Experiments investigating the effects of the cationic surface active compound tetradecyl trimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA) on aquatic and soil algal cultures and the seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum are described. The experimental results are presented. It is concluded that the future studies on the effects of pollutants on algae should involve the use of several test equations. A more detailed abstract: The effects of environmental pollution with a cationic surface-active substance (surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide TDTMA) on certain cyanobacteria and algae were studied. The effects on cyanobacteria Nostoc muscorum Ag, strain 33 isolated from the soil in the Kirov Oblast (Region); and on green algae Bracteacoccus minor (Chodat) Petrova, strain 200 and strain 219 (the strain 219 was isolated from the volcanic ash collected next to Tyatya Volcano, the island of Kunashir) were investigated. Their sensitivity to the surfactant TDTMA was compared with the sensitivity of terrestrial plants. The algal experiments were performed with aquatic and soil cultures. The experiments with terrestrial plants used the earlier-developed method with the seedlings of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. The experiments revealed a higher sensitivity of the test with the aquatic algal cultures. In the SCOPUS database the publisher name of this journal (Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1972- 1992) is indicated as Russian Academy of Sciences. Afterwards the journal was renamed and entitled ‘Russian Journal of Ecology (Ekologiya)’, ISSN print: 1067-4136; ISSN online: 1608-3334. http://scipeople.com/publication/70248/ ; About the journal: The Soviet Journal of Ecology NLM Title Abbreviation: Sov J Ecol ISO Abbreviation: Sov J Ecol Title(s): The Soviet journal of ecology. Continues: Ecology; Continued By: Ekologiia. English. Russian journal of ecology; Publication Start Year: 1971; Publication End Year: 1992; Frequency: Bimonthly; Country of Publication: United States; Publisher: New York, Consultants Bureau. Latest Publisher: New York Ny : Consultants Bureau; Description: 22 v. ill. Language: English; ISSN: 0096-7807 (Print) 0096-7807 (Linking); Coden: SJECAH Selectively Indexed In: Index medicus v3n1, Jan./Feb. 1972-v4n6,Sept. 1974; MEDLINE v3n1, Jan./Feb. 1972-v4n6,Sept. 1974; PubMed v3n1, Jan./Feb. 1972-v4n6,Sept. 1974; Current Indexing Status: Not currently indexed for MEDLINE. Version Indexed: Print; MeSH: Ecology* Publication Type(s): Periodicals; Notes: Translation of: Ekologiia, a publication of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Other ID: (DNLM)S33400000(s) (OCoLC)00983152 NLM ID: 0321347 [Serial] Cited in Australia as Ostroumov, S. A. and A. N. Tret'Yakova (1990). Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surfactant on some algae and Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. sprouts. Ekologiya(2): 43-46. Cited at the site: http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/listing/fagopyrumesculentum.htm