Cyanotoxin Essays

Cyanobacteria or cyanophyta is commonly known as blue-green algae which is a type of bacteria. The colour pigment they have is from phycocyanin along with chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is in all green plants, algae and also cyanobacteria which helps them absorb light to create energy to be able to perform photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria grows at the ocean shore or pools and ponds at their edges although they can be found in soil, water and salt water. Cyanobacteria live in sheets like films, but thin enough

My aim is to determine the effects that low pH levels have on the growth of cyanobacteria and algal species, by testing various concentrations of sulphuric acid (H2SO4) in different samples of cyanobacteria and algae of equal volume. My hypothesis is that the lower the pH level of the water, the less the cyanobacteria and algae species will grow. Thus the higher quantities of sulphuric acid in the water will result in the lowest growth rate of the cyanobacteria and algae species. Various chemicals