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ArticleScientific reports2016

Assessment of agglomeration, co-sedimentation and trophic transfer of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a laboratory-scale predator-prey model system.

Govind Sharan Gupta, Ashutosh Kumar, Rishi Shanker, Alok Dhawan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Chemical Characterization and Quantification of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles (TiOInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  3. The Response ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  6. TiOScientific reports · 2018
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  7. Toxicity, uptake, and accumulation of nano and bulk cerium oxide particles in Artemia salina.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017
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Govind Sharan GuptaDivision of Biological &Life Sciences, School of Arts &Sciences (Formerly, Institute of Life Sciences), Ahmedabad University, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat (India).
Ashutosh KumarDivision of Biological &Life Sciences, School of Arts &Sciences (Formerly, Institute of Life Sciences), Ahmedabad University, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat (India).
Rishi ShankerDivision of Biological &Life Sciences, School of Arts &Sciences (Formerly, Institute of Life Sciences), Ahmedabad University, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat (India).
Alok DhawanNanotherapeutics &Nanomaterial Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31-M.G. Marg, Lucknow - 226001, U.P. (India).

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nano titanium dioxide (nTiO2) is the most abundantly released engineered nanomaterial (ENM) in aquatic environments. Therefore, it is prudent to assess its fate and its effects on lower trophic-level organisms in the aquatic food chain. A predator-and-prey-based laboratory microcosm was established using Paramecium caudatum and Escherichia coli to evaluate the effects of nTiO2. The surface interaction of nTiO2 with E. coli significantly increased after the addition of Paramecium into the microcosm. This interaction favoured the hetero-agglomeration and co-sedimentation of nTiO2. The extent of nTiO2 agglomeration under experimental conditions was as follows: combined E. coli and Paramecium > Paramecium only > E. coli only > without E. coli or Paramecium. An increase in nTiO2 internalisation in Paramecium cells was also observed in the presence or absence of E. coli cells. These interactions and nTiO2 internalisation in Paramecium cells induced statistically significant (p < 0.05) effects on growth and the bacterial ingestion rate at 24 h. These findings provide new insights into the fate of nTiO2 in the presence of bacterial-ciliate interactions in the aquatic environment.

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Food ChainModels, BiologicalNanostructuresEscherichia coliParamecium caudatumTitaniumTitaniumtitanium dioxide

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PMID27530102
PMCPMC4987863

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