How eukaryotic algae can adapt to the Spain's Rio Tinto: a neoDarwinian proposal for rapid adaptation to an extremely hostile ecosystem

E Costas, A Flores‐Moya, N Perdigones… - New …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… the chlorophycean populations in Rio Tinto might well have undergone adaptation to these
… of chlorophycean algae in the RTW could only be achieved by some kind of adaptation. …

Adaptation of the chlorophycean Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides to stressful acidic, mine metal-rich waters as result of pre-selective mutations

V López-Rodas, F Marvá, M Rouco, E Costas… - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
… How eukaryotic algae can adapt to the Spain’s Rio Tinto: a neo-Darwinian proposal for
rapid adaptation to an extremely hostile ecosystem

… adaptation of microalgae to bodies of water with extreme pollution from uranium mining: an explanation of how mesophilic organisms can rapidly colonise extremely …

C García-Balboa, B Baselga-Cervera… - Aquatic toxicology, 2013 - Elsevier
… However, global anthropogenic environmental changes are generating new extreme … in
Salamanca (Spain). Certain microalgal species have rapidly adapted to these extreme waters (…

[HTML][HTML] Eukaryotic diversity at pH extremes

LA Amaral-Zettler - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
… in the Rio Tinto in southwestern Spain, while our extreme alkaline … predators on the overlying
algal biofilm biomass in Nymph … Comparative molecular ecology studies at pH extremes …

Microalgal adaptation to a stressful environment (acidic, metal-rich mine waters) could be due to selection of pre-selective mutants originating in non-extreme …

V López-Rodas, F Marvá, E Costas… - … and Experimental Botany, 2008 - Elsevier
At least six species of eukaryotic microalgae inhabit the acidic (pH 2.4–2.7), metal-rich mine …
We propose that the microalgae inhabiting these stressful ponds could be the descendents …

Adaptation of microalgae to a gradient of continuous petroleum contamination

D Carrera-Martinez, A Mateos-Sanz, V Lopez-Rodas… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to study adaptation of microalgae to petroleum contamination, we have examined …
In contrast crude oil rapidly destroys Se-pr strain. However, Se-pr strain can adapt to low …

Estimating the capability of microalgae to physiological acclimatization and genetic adaptation to petroleum and diesel oil contamination

J Romero-Lopez, V Lopez-Rodas, E Costas - Aquatic toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
… over very large experimental populations of microalgae. Microalgae are able to survive to …
Finally, it is certain that further mutations and selection will ultimately determine adaptation

Adaptation of green microalgae to the herbicides simazine and diquat as result of pre-selective mutations

F Marvá, V López-Rodas, M Rouco, M Navarro… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2010 - Elsevier
ecosystems located close to agricultural areas are increasingly polluted by herbicides. We
evaluated the capacity for adaptation … , as well as adaptation to the herbicide diquat in one of …

Warming will affect phytoplankton differently: evidence through a mechanistic approach

IE Huertas, M Rouco… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… 2007How eukaryotic algae can adapt to the Spain's Rio Tinto: a neo-Darwinian proposal for
rapid adaptation to an extremely hostile ecosystem. New Phytol. 175, 334–339.doi: 10.1111/…

Adaptation of microalgae to lindane: a new approach for bioremediation

R González, C García-Balboa, M Rouco… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
Lindane is especially worrisome because its persistence in aquatic ecosystems, tendency
to bioaccumulation and toxicity. We studied the adaptation of freshwater cyanobacteria and …