Mono Lake is a hypersaline soda lake rich in dissolved inorganic arsenic with its primary production currently dominated by Picocystis str. ML. We set out to determine if this picoplankter could metabolize inorganic arsenic, and in doing so form unusual arsenolipids (e.g., methylated arsinoyl ribosides) as reported in other saline ecosystems and by halophilic algae. We cultivated Picocystis str. ML on an inorganic seawater-based medium with either low (37 uM) or high (1,000 uM) phosphate in the presence of arsenite (~0.4 mM), arsenate (~0.8 mM), or without arsenic additions.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Title | Growth of cultured Picocystis strain ML in the presence of arsenic, and occurrence of arsenolipids in these Picocystis as well as biota and sediment from Mono Lake, California |
| DOI | 10.5066/P90VW2FP |
| Authors | Jodi S Blum, Shaun M Baesman, Ronald Glabonjat, Samuel Webb, Laurence G. Miller, John Stolz, Kevin Francesconi, Ron Oremland |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Office of the Associate Director for Ecosystems |