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Science 9 June 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4039, pp. 1141 - 1143
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4039.1141
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DDT: Inhibition of Sodium Chloride Tolerance by the Blue-Green Alga Anacystis nidulans

J. C. Battertc 1, G. M. Bous 1, and F. Matsumur 1

1 Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Anacystis nidulans, a freshwater blue-green alga, has been found to lerate sodium chloride (1 percent by weight) and DDT [1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis chlorophenyl) ethane] (800 parts per billion) separately, but growth was inhibited in the presence of both compounds. This inhibition was reversed by an increased calcium concentration. It is possible that inhibition of (Na+,K+)-activated adenosine triphosphatase) by DDT causes this species to lose the ability to lerate sodium chloride.

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