The widely distributed water fern Azolla was investigated for use as an amendment in the bioremediation of fuel-contaminated environments. In a field experiment Azolla pinnata as well as Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta were applied to plots containing soil that had been surface-contaminated with diesel fuel (2.4 L m(-2)) and flooded with water. The plants quickly died and bacterial flocs...

The physiological and hemolytic toxicities of triphenyllead chloride (TPhL) as well as its modifying influence on model lipid membranes were studied. The experiments allowed the determination of TPhL concentrations causing 50% inhibition of growth of Spirodela oligorrhiza, Lemna minor and Salvinia natans (EC50), 100% hemolysis of pig erythrocytes (C100) and destabilization of planar lipid membr...

We conducted a whole year research on the ecology of Mansonia indubitans and Ma. titillans in Macáes Pond, Costanera Sur Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The usage of different floating plants by immature instars and their overwintering was analyzed. The percentage of usage of the available floating macrophytes (Pistia, Limnobium, and Salvinia) by the larvae and pupae was studied. Also, we def...

Nanomaterials have gained much attention in the field of environmental remediation, largely due to their high surface area-to-volume ratio and other unique physical, chemical, biological characteristics that emerge its size effects. Metallic nanoparticles are traditionally manufactured using wet chemical processes; however, chemicals utilized generally hazardous combustible. The biosynthesis a ...