Nonliving biomass of Sargassum, a brown marine alga, is capable of binding more than 10% of its dry weight in toxic cadmium ions. Although ubiquitous iron interferes with Cd uptake, only approximately 4.5% of it is sequestered (biomass dry weight). Biosorption of both metals at ph 4.5 could be described by Langmuir-type isotherms with b, the affinity-related coefficient (Cd: b = 0.015; Fe: b = ...

Plant accumulation of Fe and other metals can be enhanced under Fe deficiency. We investigated the influence of Fe status on heavy-metal and divalent-cation uptake in roots of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Sparkle) seedlings using Cd2+ uptake as a model system. Radiotracer techniques were used to quantify unidirectional 109Cd influx into roots of Fe-deficient and Fe-sufficient pea seedlings. The con...

Decreased biomass growth in iron (Fe)-limited Pseudomonas is generally attributed to downregulated expression of Fe-requiring proteins accompanied by an increase in siderophore biosynthesis. Here, we applied a stable isotope-assisted metabolomics approach to explore the underlying carbon metabolism in glucose-grown Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Compared to Fe-replete cells, Fe-limited cells exhibi...

The strategies used by a coastal diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana, for potentially different iron (Fe) requirements under different temperatures and irradiances were examined on the basis of three parameters: Fe uptake rate, cellspecific growth rate, and Fe efflux rate constant. These three variables determined the cellular Fe concentration, and they were all quantified under different temperat...

Pot and field experiments were done to establish the effect of Rhizobium inoculation, Molybdenum and lime supply on the availability of micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, B and Mo) in Phaseolus vulgaris L. In both field and pot experiments, Rhizobium inoculation significantly improved uptake of Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, B and Mo in all organs (roots, shoots, pods and whole plants) except the Mo uptake in ro...

[1] During austral summer 2003, we tracked a patch of surface water infused with the tracer sulfur hexafluoride, but without addition of Fe, through subantarctic waters over 10 days in order to characterize and quantify algal Fe pools and fluxes to construct a detailed biogeochemical budget. Nutrient profiles characterized this patch as a highnitrate, low-silicic acid, low-chlorophyll (HNLSiLC)...

An in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model was applied to explore the impact of lactic acid (LA) fermentation by Lactobacillus pentosus FSC1 and Leuconostoc mesenteroides FSC2 on the Fe bioavailability of carrot juice. The redox state of Fe in fermented carrot juice was also assessed as a crucial factor for absorption. LA fermentation was shown to improve mineral solubility to different extents at...

Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) are essential nutrients for plants. Application of high levels of either Fe or Mn is often accompanied by relatively low levels of uptake for the other nutrient. The antagonistic relationship of these nutrient elements may occur either during absorption by roots or during translocation from roots to shoot. A greenhouse study was carried out to study the effect of so...

Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to study the uptake and distribution of iron in the root of cucumber plants grown in iron-deficient modified Hoagland nutrient solution and put into iron-containing solution with 10 μM Fe citrate enriched with Fe (90%) only before harvesting. The Mössbauer spectra of the frozen roots exhibited two Fe components with typical average Mössbauer parameters of δ=0....

Waterborne iron accumulation by the gills of the zebrafish Danio rerio was assessed in ion-poor water. Branchial iron uptake, which comprises both the iron that has entered the gill cells and iron that is strongly bound to the epithelia, has high- and low-affinity components. At low nominal [Fe] (<40 nmol l(-1)) the high-affinity component demonstrated saturation kinetics, with an apparent K(m)...