Spirogyra sp.

Concerning the environmental behavior of a disodium alkyl sulfosuccinate, biodegradation in the presence of an algal species is described [113]. According to this paper, the degradation is 90% after 7 days if Spirogyra sp. is present. Alkylbenzenesulfonates are less degraded under the same conditions. 

Mohan SV, Ramanajah SV, Sarma PN (2008) Biosorption of direct azo dye from aqueous phase onto Spirogyra sp. 102 evaluation of kinetics and mechanistic aspects. Biochem Eng J 38(l) 61-69... 

Mohamed ZA (2002) Allelopathic activity of Spirogyra sp. stimulating bloom formation and toxin production by Oscillatoria agardhii in some irrigation canals, Egypt. J Plankton Res 24 137-141... 

M. RAGAN. 1985. Gallotannins of the freshwater green alga Spirogyra sp. Phytochemistry 24 2411-2413. 

FIGURE 1.1 Trends in adsorption metrics as a function of coordination chemistry for alkali and alkali earth (class [a]) metals and the alga, Spirogyra sp. (top panel), and a series of class (a), intermediate, and class (b) metals and the bacterium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (bottom panel). The units of K in the top panel are M from an algal suspension with 0.5 x 10 to 0.1 X10" M of dissolved metal. 

Figure 5. The bones of a cow in the stream a few meters from the westernmost source of the Rio das Mortes. The minerals released during the decompoafron of the carcass apparently supported the development of a dense mat of Spirogyra sp. and other algae, which were moribund at the time of the analyses.

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