Algae methyltins

Oldersma H, HanstveitAO, de Haan HPM (2004a) Methyltin tiis (2-ethylhexylmercaptoacetate) (CAS 57583-34-3 MMT(EHMA)) Determination of the effect on the growth of the fresh water green alga Scenedesmus subspicatus. Zeist, TNO Chemistry, 10 June (revised final 12 August) (Report No. V5307/02). 

Decomposition of the alga Enteromorpha in the presence of inorganic tin produces all the methyltin species25. Hydroponically grown S. altemiflora plants have been shown to accumulate Me3Sn+ from tin(IV)-treated media37. 

The relative toxicity of organotin compounds to alga Scenedesmus obliquus is shown in Table 12. Pettibone and Cooney investigated the toxicity of methyltins (MMT MeSnCl3 DMT Me2SnCl2 and TMT Me3SnCl) to microbial populations in estuary sediments in... 

Donard, O.F.X., F.T. Short, and J.H. Weber. 1987. Regulation of tin and methyltin compounds by the green alga Enteromorpha under simulated estuarine conditions. Canad Jour. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44-140-145. 

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