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29 Aug 2025
Research article |
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The influence of three common antibiotics on coastal benthic foraminifera: implications for culture experiments and biomonitoring
Michael Lintner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Center in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Irina Polovodova Asteman
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Wolfgang Wanek
Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Petra Heinz
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Jan Goleń
Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Center in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Jarosław Tyszka
Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Center in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
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Short summary
Foraminifera are microorganisms which, due to their abundance and diversity, are often used as proxies to describe climatic changes in marine environments. For this purpose, experiments containing antibiotics that are intended to reduce the activity of other microorganisms are carried out with foraminifera. In our study, we examined the influence of antibiotics on foraminifera and tested whether these chemicals are really harmless for foraminifera or not.
Foraminifera are microorganisms which, due to their abundance and diversity, are often used as...
