AquaDocs is migrating to a new hosting platform. Please do not submit new items. Thank you for your patience.
Método de dispersión de biopelículas en cultivos de la diatomea bentónica Amphora sp. para facilitar el conteo directo.
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Date
2012
Metadata
Show full item recordAlternative Title
Method of biofilm dispersion in cultures of benthic diatom Amphora sp. to facilitate direct count.Abstract
Las diatomeas bentónicas secretan sustancias extracelulares que le permiten la adhesión al sustrato y entre ellas mismas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es sugerir un nuevo método de dispersión que facilite el conteo de las microalgas bentónicas en las cámaras que se utilizan para estos fines. Se diseñaron dos experimentos completamente aleatorizados con diferentes sustancias químicas, a distintas proporciones (etanol, hexano, pentano, diclorometano y acetona, a concentraciones de 5, 10 y 15% (v/v) cada una, formaldehído al 0,5, 0,75, 1, 2, 4 y 6% (v/v), además de sal disódica del ácido etilendiaminotetraacético (EDTA) a 2, 3 y 4% (p/v)). En cada caso se realizaron cinco réplicas de 10 mL cada una, las que se tomaron de un cultivo de la diatomea Amphora sp. en fase exponencial. Los resultados obtenidos demostraron que el pentano en sus tres proporciones, así como el hexano al 5% y el diclorometano al 10% lograron dispersar las células con respecto al control, aunque ninguna de ellas logró disgregar totalmente los grumos. Se sugiere el pentano al 5% (v/v) para emplearse en la dispersión de la mayor cantidad de grumos que forma esta especie, debido a que fue la sustancia que obtuvo el valor máximo de densidad, es la que menos cuesta y la que menor concentración requiere; además de que no daña la célula y hace posible observar la calidad de la microalga en la observación directa.Benthic diatoms secrete extracellular substa nces that allow the adhesion to the substrate and among themselves. The aim of the present paper was to suggest a new dispersion method that facilitates the count of benthic diatoms within the chambers used for these purposes. Two experiments were designed totally at random with different chemical substances, at different proportions (ethanol, hexane, pentane, dichloromethane and acetone, at concentrations of 5, 10 and 15% (v/v) each, fo rmaldehyde at 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2, 4 and 6% (v/v); besides ethylenediaminetetraaceticacid (EDTA) at 2, 3 and 4% (p/v). In each case, five replicas of 10 mL each were carried out, wh ich were obtained from a culture of diatom Amphora sp. in exponential phase. The obtained results demonstrated that pentane in the three tested concentrations, as well hexane at 5% and dichloromethan e at 10% (v/v) were able to disperse the cells with respect to the control group; although none of them could disint egrate clots completely. Pentane at 5% (v/v) is suggested to be used to disperse the largest quantity of clots that this species fo rms, since it obtained the maximum value of density and, from the economic point of view, is the cheapest and the one that requires a smaller concentration. This substance does not damage the cell and it makes possible to note the quality of microalgae in direct observation.
Journal
Serie OceanológicaIssue/Article Nr
10Page Range
pp.23-29Collections