Hydrogen peroxide as a potential algicide for oscillatoria rubescens D.C.

Barroin, G.; Feuillade, M.

doi:10.1016/0043-1354(86)90026-6

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“…With no ROS compounds formed, the hypothesis was put up that for cyanobacteria the need to handle the ROS compounds superoxide and HP is less compulsory than in green algae, and hence that cyanobacteria are likely more sensitive to HP than eukaryotic algae. This fundamental idea suggested the mechanism why HP could act as a specific cyanocide which has earlier been demonstrated empirically (Barroin and Feuillade 1986). This hypothesis was thereafter successfully tested in the laboratory (Dráb-ková et al 2007a, b;Weenink et al 2015) and in the field (Matthijs et al 2012).…”

Section: Mode Of Action Of Hydrogen Peroxidementioning

confidence: 83%

“…Early pioneering research with just HP demonstrated that additions of as little as 1.75 mg L -1 of HP already strongly inhibited photosynthesis and growth of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria rubescens (Barroin and Feuillade 1986). A sound explanation for the much lower sensitivity of green algae to peroxide followed from the discovery of a difference in the reaction mechanism during out-of-equilibrium-states of the photosynthetic light and dark reactions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…HP has been empirically tested as a cyanocide and/or general algicide by a range of authors, and widely deviating dose-response observations for effectiveness of HP versus cyanobacteria in lakes range from as much as 100 mg L -1 (Barrington and Ghadouani 2008; Barrington et al 2011Barrington et al , 2013 to around 60 mg L -1 (Wang et al 2012;Gao et al 2015), 10 mg L -1 (Jia et al 2014), to \5 mg L -1 (Barroin and Feuillade 1986;Drábková et al 2007b;Matthijs et al 2012). However, it is obvious that the higher the concentration of HP applied, the higher the killing efficiency of cyanobacteria will be, and conversely it must be argued that in lake treatments the dose should be as low as possible to avoid killing of non-target species and to respect the principle of sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Existing and emerging cyanocidal compounds: new perspectives for cyanobacterial bloom mitigation

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To help ban the use of general toxic algicides, research efforts are now directed towards the discovery of compounds that are specifically acting as cyanocides. Here, we review the past and look forward into the future, where the less desirable general algicides like copper sulphate, diuron or endothall may become replaced by compounds that show better specificity for cyanobacteria and are biodegradable or transform into non-toxic products after application. For a range of products, we review the activity, the mode of action, effectiveness, durability, toxicity towards non-target species, plus costs involved, and discuss the experience with and prospects for small water volume interventions up to the mitigation of entire lakes; we arrive at recommendations for a series of natural products and extracted organic compounds or derived synthetic homologues with promising cyanocidal properties, and briefly mention emerging nanoparticle applications. Finally, we detail on the recently introduced application of hydrogen peroxide for the selective killing of cyanobacteria in freshwater lakes.

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Section: Mode Of Action Of Hydrogen Peroxidementioning

confidence: 83%

Section: Mode Of Action Of Hydrogen Peroxidementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mode Of Action Of Hydrogen Peroxidementioning

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Existing and emerging cyanocidal compounds: new perspectives for cyanobacterial bloom mitigation

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“…Because cyanobacteria are prokaryotic, this probably occurs more rapidly than when H 2 O 2 is applied to eukaryotic cells, such as chlorophytes, whose photosynthetic apparatus are contained within discrete organelles. This suggests that H 2 O 2 may be selective for cyanobacteria in mixed phytoplankton assemblages (Barrington and Ghadouani, 2008;Barroin and Feuillade, 1986). Hydrogen peroxide also forms hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals which destroy the toxicity of cyanotoxins, such as microcystins, by inducing oxidative cleavage (Antoniou et al, 2008).…”

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Cyanobacterial and microcystins dynamics following the application of hydrogen peroxide to waste stabilisation ponds

Barrington

Ghadouani

Ivey

2013

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins are a risk to human and ecological health, and a hindrance to biological wastewater treatment. This study investigated the use of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) for the removal of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins from within waste stabilization ponds (WSPs). The daily dynamics of cyanobacteria and microcystins (commonly occurring cyanotoxins) were examined following the addition of H 2 O 2 to wastewater within both the laboratory and at the full scale within a maturation WSP, the final pond in a wastewater treatment plant. Hydrogen peroxide treatment at concentrations ≥ 0.1 mg H 2 O 2 µg −1 total phytoplankton chlorophyll a led to the lysis of cyanobacteria, in turn releasing intracellular microcystins to the dissolved state. In the full-scale trial, dissolved microcystins were then degraded to negligible concentrations by H 2 O 2 and environmental processes within five days. A shift in the phytoplankton assemblage towards beneficial Chlorophyta species was also observed within days of H 2 O 2 addition. However, within weeks, the Chlorophyta population was significantly reduced by the re-establishment of toxic cyanobacterial species. This re-establishment was likely due to the inflow of cyanobacteria from ponds earlier in the treatment train, suggesting that whilst H 2 O 2 may be a suitable short-term management technique, it must be coupled with control over inflows if it is to improve WSP performance in the longer term.

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“…Porphyrins have also been shown to be effective sensitizers for the inactivation of microbes (Malik et al, 1990;Merchat et al, 1996;Reddi et al, 2002). Higher sensitivity of cyanobacteria to ROS, contrary to green algae, is known from several studies on hydrogen peroxide, which also belongs to the group of ROS (Barroin and Feuillade, 1986).…”

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Photodynamic therapy against cyanobacteria

Drábková

Maršálek

Admiraal

2007

Environmental Toxicology

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This study explores the use of photosensitizers and reactive oxygen species (ROS) to limit growth of cyanobacteria. We chose 12 phthalocyanines, tetraphenol porphyrine, and methylene blue as compounds producing singlet oxygen. Hydrogen peroxide was chosen as another source of ROS. These compounds were tested using algal toxicity tests in microplates on three cultures of green algae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Scenedesmus quadricauda, and Chlorella kessleri) and on three cultures of cyanobacteria (Synechococcus nidulans, Microcystis incerta, and Anabaena sp.). Results indicate that photosensitizers and singlet oxygen could be highly toxic for some selected phytoplankton species. Green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda was highly sensitive (EC50 ¼ 0.07 mg/L) to compounds producing singlet oxygen, although it was not sensitive to hydrogen peroxide, which was about 10 times more toxic for cyanobacteria. We conclude that the compounds producing hydroxyl radical species seems to be more promising to treat cyanobacterial blooms than the compounds producing the singlet oxygen. # 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 22: 112-115, 2007.

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Hydrogen peroxide as a potential algicide for oscillatoria rubescens D.C.

Cited by 71 publications

References 5 publications

Existing and emerging cyanocidal compounds: new perspectives for cyanobacterial bloom mitigation

Existing and emerging cyanocidal compounds: new perspectives for cyanobacterial bloom mitigation

Cyanobacterial and microcystins dynamics following the application of hydrogen peroxide to waste stabilisation ponds

Photodynamic therapy against cyanobacteria

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