Effects of aniline and phenol on freshwater algae growth

By the methods of bioassay,this paper studied the effects of aniline or phenol on the growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus obiquus.The results showed that these two compounds had evident effects on the growth of test algae species.For the same species,aniline was more toxic.Under the same concentration of the compounds,S.obiquus was more sensitive than C.pyrenoidosa.These two algae species could degrade or absorb parts of the compounds,and phenol in particular,when their concentrations were lower.