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In recent years,  Microcystis aeruginosa  blooms have occurred throughout the world, causing huge economic losses and destroying aquatic ecosystems. It is necessary to develop effective and ecofriendly methods to control  M. aeruginosa  blooms. Here, we report a high algicidal activity of prodigiosin (PG) against  M. aeruginosa  as well as the algicidal mechanism. PG showed high algicidal activity against  M. aeruginosa , with a 50% lethal dose (LD 50 ) of 5.87 μg/mL in 72 h. A combination of methods, including propidium iodide and Annexin V-fluorescein staining assays and light and electron microscopy indicated the existence of two modes of cell death with features similar to those in eukaryotic programmed cell death: necrotic-like and apoptotic-like. Biochemical and physiological analyses showed that PG generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which induce lipid peroxidation, damage the membrane system and destroy the function of the photosystem. A proteomics analysis revealed that many proteins were differentially expressed in response to PG stress and that most of these proteins were involved in important metabolic processes, which may trigger necrotic-like or apoptotic-like cell death. The present study sheds light on the multiple toxicity mechanisms of PG on  M. aeruginosa  and its potential for controlling the occurrence of  M. aeruginosa  blooms in lakes.

The algicidal mechanism of prodigiosin from Hahella sp. KA22 against Microcystis aeruginosa