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. 1989;92(3):237-41.
doi: 10.1007/BF00500924.

The effect of lead incorporation on the elemental composition of earthworm (Annelida, Oligochaeta) chloragosome granules

J E Morgan  1 , A J Morgan
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The effect of lead incorporation on the elemental composition of earthworm (Annelida, Oligochaeta) chloragosome granules

J E Morgan et al. Histochemistry. 1989.

Abstract

The elemental compositions of chloragosome 'granules' in the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus living in non-polluted (Dinas Powys) and heavily Pb-polluted (Wemyss) soils were determined by fully quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis. P, Ca, S and Zn were the major elemental components of the chloragosomes. High Pb concentrations were found in chloragosomes of Wemyss animals; Pb was not detected in chloragosomes of Dinas Powys animals. Partial correlation and regression analysis indicated that the in vivo accumulation of Pb by chloragosomes was accompanied by diminished chloragosomal Ca concentrations. Pb is bound by P-containing ligand(s) in the chloragosome matrix. The sequestration of Pb by chloragosomes results in the detoxification of the metal by accumulative immobilization.

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