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Algicidal Effects of Korean Oak Trees against the Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa  

Park, Myung-Hwan (Department of Environmental Science, Hanyang University)
Kim, Baik-Ho (Department of Life Science, Hanyang University)
Han, Myung -Soo (Department of Environmental Science, Hanyang University)
Ahn, Chi-Yong (Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Yoon, Byung-Dae (Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Oh, Hee-Mock (Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
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Abstract
In an effort to identify a new environment-friendly algicide, we examined the ability of extracts from the leaves and stems of nine Korean oak tree species to inhibit growth of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa. At a concentration of 100 mg $L^{-1}$, five of the oak tree extracts (QAT-L, QAT-5, QAS- L, QGI-5, and QSA- L) decreased the cell density of M. aeruginosa by over 90% for 7 days. At a concentration of 20 mg $L^{-1}$, the same five extracts inhibited the growth of M. aeruginosa by approximately 50%. The minimum concentration of oak tree extracts required for effective inhibition of M. aeruginosa (20 mg $L^{-1}$) is comparable to that of the known algicide, tannic acid (17 mg $L^{-1}$), which is thought to be one of the main active ingredients in the oak tree extract. These findings suggest that oak extracts may be useful as an environment-friendly algicide to control the bloomforming cyanobacterium, M. aeruginosa, in eutrophic waters.
Keywords
Algal inhibition; Allelochemical; Microcystis aeruginosa; Oak extracts; Tannic acid; Cyanobacteria;
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