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Evidence for toxic cyanobacteria in sediments and the water-sediment interface of a tropical drinking water reservoir
Institution:1. Grupo de Gestión y Modelación Ambiental (GAIA), Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia;2. Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (ECIM), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Bernardo O''Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile;3. Universidad CES, Calle 10 A No. 22 – 04, Medellín, Colombia;4. Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (PECET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia;5. Institute for Animal Ecology, and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich Buff Ring 26, Gießen, Germany
Abstract:Cyanobacterial blooms in drinking water reservoirs constitute a health risk for humans and animals, especially in tropical zones where climate conditions may favour their prevalence throughout the year. The presence, viability, and toxicity of cyanobacteria were determined in the euphotic zone, in the water-sediment interface, and in the upper sediment fraction of the Riogrande II reservoir (Antioquia, Colombia), which provides drinking water for 1.4 million people. Cyanobacterial identification and quantification were performed in environmental samples of the euphotic zone and of the sediment-water interface. In addition, the effects of environmental parameters on occurrences of cyanobacteria were assessed and two microcystin synthetase (mcy) genes were extracted from water, interface, and sediment samples and quantified using qPCR. The viability of the cells in cultures from these different matrices was determined using chlorophyll-a measurements. Chlorophyll-a concentrations representing the biomass of cyanobacteria were higher at the interface than in the euphotic zone at all sampling sites. The potentially toxic genera Dolichospermum and Microcystis predominated in the euphotic zone and the interface, respectively. Moreover, the copy numbers of mcy genes was higher in cyanobacteria sampled at the interface and the upper sediment layers than in cyanobacteria sampled in the euphotic zone, which were correlated with the order Chroococcales. No impact of variation in environmental conditions on cyanobacterial abundance was observed. Viability of cyanobacterial cultures sampled from the interface and the upper sediment fraction showed the ability of cyanobacteria from several orders to proliferate under lab conditions. These results show that the surface sediment layer from Riogrande II serves as a sink for potentially toxic cyanobacteria which have the potential to recolonize and bloom in the water column.
Keywords:Cyanobacteria  Sediment  qPCR
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