The adaptive response of wild and mutant type of anabaena flos-aquae to the polychorinated pesticide endosulfan

• Published in: Saudi journal of biological sciences Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 199 - 210
• Main Authors: Shehata, Afaf Ibrahim, Arif, Ibrahim Abd al-Wahid, al-Aqil, Fawziyah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Arabic; English
• Published: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Biological Society 2000
• Subjects: Anabaena; Endosulfan; الأنابينة

The effect of endosulfan, a hexacWorinated pesticide, on the growth, pigmentation and total nitrogen of the wild type and mutagenized cells of Anabaena flos-aquae was investigated. The pattern of response to pesticide stress in wild and mutant type was the same. Growth reappeared in both groups afte...