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Využití vodních rostlin pro fytoremediaci rtuti
Abdrazakova, Kamila
The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis contains general information about mercury, its forms (primarily Hg2+, monomethylmercury, dimethylmercury and complex mercury compounds) emerging in nature and their bioavailability for living organisms. It is focused on the study of phytoremediation, its types and efficiency in the removal of environmental mercury pollution. The practical part is focused on monitoring the bioaccumulation of mercury in the leaves and roots of Elodea canadensis and Eichhornia crassipes in laboratory conditions. The content of mercury in the leaves of Elodea canadensis and in the roots and leaves of Eichhornia crassipes increased with the accumulation time and with increasing Hg concentration in the aquatic environment. The bioaccumulation factor increased with increasing mercury concentration in the aquatic environment for submerged plant parts, i.e. watercress leaves and water hyacinth root. For water hyacinth leaves that are not in direct contact with mercury in the aquatic environment, an increase in BAF with mercury concentration in the aquatic environment was not observed. The translocation of mercury from the root of Eichhornia crassipes to its leaves was low, with translocation index ranging up to 0.11. The best option for the phytoremediation of the aquatic environment from mercury is the root of Eichhornia crassipes, which is its hyperaccumulator.
Beneficial and toxic effects of REE in algae and plants
ASHRAF, Nermeen
Lanthanides mainly represented by REE are the most frequently occurring elements as compared to arsenic and lead. REE consist of a group of elements associated with each other in terms of common physical and chemical properties, with studies concerning phytoremediation and physiological effects of such elements on living biota, is important to be addressed as these elements are frequently being considered as emerging pollutants because of excessive mining and release into the environment. Very important is to study the toxic effects of lanthanum in microalgae under environmental conditions. Experimental trials are evaluating especially potential risks on growth and photosynthesis under nanomolar-dose, with promising decrease and acute toxicity. To this end, the two most promising La-binding protein is currently investigated in green microalgae (Desmodesmus quadricauda) with high affinities. Subcellular localization patterns of La have been also shown to predict possible expression sites and to understand the metabolic response of La in microalgae. We also identify accumulator plant species for LREE in contaminated mining areas for phytoremediation purposes, aim of this study was conducted in the Brazilian mining area for REE and as well as identifying the bioavailable content which can help in predicting the promising species. This field study was done for finding new accumulators which are involved in concentrating LREE in above-ground parts. Our study suggests toxic effects of La and identified preferentially good hyperaccumulator plant specie Christella dentata for phytomining of lanthanides. This could be used as a predictive bioaccumulator in phytoremediation and its further analysis can be a part of future studies for insight mechanisms using analytical techniques, involving the identification of La-binding proteins in Desmodesmus quadricauda.

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