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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 555, 2024
Relevant Issues of Ecology and Environmental Management (RIEEM-2024)
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Article Number | 02015 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Population Ecology and Human Ecology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202455502015 | |
Published online | 30 July 2024 |
Accumulation of bacteriophage T4 by bivalves Unio pictorum and Anodonta cygnea in model experiments
1 Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms Russian Academy of Sciences (IBP M RAS) Prospect Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290 Russia
2 Pushchino Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Russian Biotechnological University (BIOTECH University) Pushchino, Moscow Region, Prospect Nauki 3, 142290 Russia
3 College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Bivalve mollusks are filter feeders that accumulate various particles suspended in water, including viruses. Shellfish also accumulate bacteriophages, but, unfortunately, there is little information about this, despite the fact that these organisms make a significant contribution to the ecology of aquatic communities of living organisms and can be used as a good object for biomonitoring. This knowledge gap prompted us to study in more detail the bioaccumulation of phages by mollusks. As a result of the research, it was revealed that bacteriophages, despite differences in species of mollusk, show a similar bioaccumulation model, where their titer depends on the activity of the mollusk and changes in cycles. The bacteriophage multiplies due to the natural microflora of the animal and can be retained by it due to its filtration type of nutrition.
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