Red microalgae Porphyridium cruentum – marker of nanoparticle toxicity

Abstract

Currently several species of microalgae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Euglena gracilis, Chlorella vulgaris, Scenedesmul sp. etc.) are used as models for establishing different types of nanomaterials toxicity. The method of determining the toxicity of nanoparticles with the use of microalgae, requires the exposure of the crop’s which is exposed to the exponential growth phase, the action of nanomaterials in various concentrations and calculation of growth inhibition rate or accumulation of the free radicals.