Mercury-Pollution Induction of Intracellular Lipid Accumulation and Lysosomal Compartment Amplification in the Benthic Foraminifer Ammonia parkinsoniana

Fabrizio Frontalini; Davide Curzi; Erica Cesarini; Barbara Canonico; Francesco M. Giordano; Rita De Matteis; Joan M. Bernhard; Nadia Pieretti; Baohua Gu; Jeremy R. Eskelsen; Aaron M. Jubb; Linduo Zhao; Eric M. Pierce; Pietro Gobbi; Stefano Papa; Rodolfo Coccioni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162401

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Mercury-Pollution Induction of Intracellular Lipid Accumulation and Lysosomal Compartment Amplification in the Benthic Foraminifer Ammonia parkinsoniana

Fabrizio Frontalini ,

* E-mail: fabrizio.frontalini@uniurb.it

Affiliation Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0425-9306

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Davide Curzi,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Erica Cesarini,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Barbara Canonico,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Francesco M. Giordano,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Rita De Matteis,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Joan M. Bernhard,

Affiliation Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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Nadia Pieretti,

Affiliation Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Baohua Gu,

Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Jeremy R. Eskelsen,

Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Aaron M. Jubb,

Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Linduo Zhao,

Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Eric M. Pierce,

Affiliation Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Pietro Gobbi,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Stefano Papa,

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Rodolfo Coccioni

Affiliation Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Mercury-Pollution Induction of Intracellular Lipid Accumulation and Lysosomal Compartment Amplification in the Benthic Foraminifer Ammonia parkinsoniana

Fabrizio Frontalini,
Davide Curzi,
Erica Cesarini,
Barbara Canonico,
Francesco M. Giordano,
Rita De Matteis,
Joan M. Bernhard,
Nadia Pieretti,
Baohua Gu,
Jeremy R. Eskelsen

Published: September 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162401

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