Effect of PCBs on Production Characteristics and Fucoxanthin / Fatty Acid Content of <i>Cylindrotheca closterium</i> (Ehrenberg) Reimann et Lewin Diatom Enrichment Culture
Journal: Current Analytical Chemistry
Year: 2024

Background: Since the mid-20th century, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have emerged as one of the foremost anthropogenic organic pollutants in aquatic environments. Microphytobenthic algae of the genus Cylindrotheca have been recurrently employed in laboratory experiments to assess sediment toxicity. Recently, a novel strain of benthic diatoms belonging to the genus Cylindrotheca has been identified and characterized from PCB-contaminated sediments in the coastal region of Sevastopol Bay (Blac