List of the papers authored and coauthored by Dr. S. A. Ostroumov, indexed at PubMed.

Updated February 3, 2011:

KEY WORDS: priorities, fundamentals, ecology, environmental, science, biospheric, sciences, life,
bioassay, biomedical, sciences, geosciences, ecosystems, biosphere, organisms, levels, of, life systems,
man-made impacts, anthropogenic, effects, terrestrial, and, aquatic, research, topics, environmental,
hazards, man-made impacts, anthropogenic, effects, pollutants, xenobiotics, aquatic, ecosystems,
water, purification, water, quality, filtration, bivalves, surfactants, detergents, biosphere, SDS, sodium
dodecylsulfate; TX100, Triton X-100; TDTMA, tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide; functioning,
mollusks, mussels, oysters, Unio, tumidus, U. pictorum, Mytilus, galloprovincialis, edulis, Crassostrea
gigas, ecological, hazard, sublethal, concentrations, synthetic, self-purification, bioassay, innovation,
S.A.Ostroumov, theory, new, conceptualization; Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, experimental systems, Ceratophyllum
demersum, phytoremediation, innovations, hot topics,

1. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition
to water.

Ostroumov SA, Kolesov GM.

Doklady Biol. Sci. 2010 Mar-Apr; 431: 124-127. PMID: 20506851 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] [©
Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966]. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158.
http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/ .

Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45579375;

Abstract: This is the first time it was shown that the nanoparticles of gold (Au) in substantial amount
bind to the living biomass of the aquatic macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum. The concentrations of
Au were measured in the samples of the phytomass using neutron activation analysis (NAA). As a result
of the binding and/or immobilization of the nanoparticles, the amount of Au in the samples of the
phytomass increased manifold (by a factor of 430) above the background level of gold in the plant
tissues. The increase was by two orders of magnitude. The new data added some new information to
the modern vision of the multifunctional role of the biota in the migration of elements in aquatic
ecosystems. Also, the result added new information to the studies of interactions of Au with organisms
that may contribute to new biotechnologies.

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2.Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental
systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: the phytoremediation potential.

Ostroumov SA, Shestakova TV.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2009 Sep-Oct; 428:444-447.

PMID: 19994786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. Abstract: Discovery of the fact that aquatic plants C.
demersum induced a removal of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb from water. Using the method of
inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the
water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated
in some of the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four metals decreased in the
microcosms with macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes.

[publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica] DOI: 10.1134/S0012496609050159;

www.springerlink.com/index/ML1062K7271L318N.pdf;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=8fd8998627b86102db72c9b237c25054;
http://sites.google.com/site/9dbs444/decreasing-the-measurable-concentrations-of-cu-zn-cd-and-pb-
in-the-water; PMID: 19994786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

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3. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other functions.

Ostroumov SA.

Riv Biol. 2004 Jan-Apr; 97(1):67-78.

PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15648211;

PMID: 15648211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];
http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/4Rivista.Biologia97p39Aquatic..Bioreactor.RTF ;
http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=159337168&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine; Publisher
ANICIA S.R.L.; Country of publication Italy; ISSN 0035-6050;

Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48097462/-4Rivista-Biologia97p39Aquatic-Bioreactor;

Abstract: Ostroumov S. A. Aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor: water purification and some other
functions. - Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2004. vol. 97. p. 39-50. The author formulated a new
fundamental concept of aquatic ecosystem as a bioreactor that carries out the function of water
purification in natural water bodies and streams. According to his new concept, the ecosystem as a
bioreactor has the following characteristic attributes: (1) it is a large-scale (large-volume) bioreactor; (2)
it is a diversified (in terms of the number of taxa and the scope of functional activities) bioreactor; (3) it
possesses a broad range of biocatalytic (chemical-transforming and degrading) capabilities. New
experimental data on xenobiotics-induced inhibition of the functioning of the molluscs Unio tumidus, U.
pictorum, M. galloprovincialis and Limnaea stagnalis emphasize the potential ecological hazard from
sublethal concentrations of pollutants (including those exemplified by synthetic surfactants and
detergents).

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4. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory.

Ostroumov S.A.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2004 May-Jun; 396: 206-211. Opinion paper.

PMID: 15354827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

http://www.scribd.com/doc/48099028/4DBS-On-the-Biotic-Self-Purification-fulltext;

ABSTRACT: Ostroumov S.A. On the biotic self-purification of aquatic ecosystems: elements of the theory.
- Doklady Biological Sciences, V. 396, 2004, p. 206–211. (Translated from DAN, V.396, No.1, 2004, p.136–
141). Fundamental elements are formulated for a new qualitative theory of the polyfunctional role of
the biota in improving water quality and doing self-purification of water in aquatic ecosystems. The
elements of the theory covers the following: sources of energy for the mechanisms of water self-
purification; the main functional blocks of the system of self-purification; the system of the main
processes that are involved; the analysis of the degree of participation of the main large taxa; the
reliability of the mechanisms of water self-purification; regulation of the processes; the response of the
mechanisms of water self-purification towards the external influences (man-made impacts, pollution);
and some conclusions relevant to the practice of environment protection. In support of the theory, the
results are given of the author's experiments which demonstrated the ability of some pollutants
(surfactants, detergents, and some others) to inhibit the water filtration activity of marine filter-feeders,
namely, the bivalve mollusks Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus edulis, and Crassostrea gigas. ISSN
0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com.
DOI: 10.1023/B:DOBS.0000033278.12858.12; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=60f338228d6f3c5114d223ab81e15d3b;
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t0nv6rk522230175/;

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5. Medium-term and long-term priorities in ecological studies.

Ostroumov SA, Dodson SI, Hamilton D, Peterson SA, Wetzel RG.

Riv Biol. 2003 May-Aug; 96(2): 327-332. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595906 ;

PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]; Abstracts in Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref.
Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48100827/3Rivista-Bio-96-Priorities-2;

http://scipeople.com/uploads/materials/4389/3RivistaBio96Priorities2.rtf;

ABSTRACT: Ostroumov S.A., Dodson S., Hamilton D., Peterson S., Wetzel R.G. Medium-term and long-
term priorities in ecological studies // Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum. 2003. 96: 327-332. Abstracts in
Eng. and Italian (p. 332). Bibliogr. 20 ref. PMID: 14595906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Research priorities in ecology and environmental sciences for the future are formulated. The priorities
for both fundamental and applied ecology are proposed. The list of priorities includes 50 items. The
priorities are relevant to terrestrial, aquatic, and general ecology. The list of priorities is helpful when
grant proposals are being prepared, evaluated, and selected for funding.

KEY WORDS: priorities, fundamentals, ecology, environmental sciences, biospheric sciences, life and
biomedical sciences, geosciences, ecosystems, biosphere, organisms, levels of life systems, man-made
impacts, anthropogenic effects, terrestrial and aquatic, research topics

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6.Effect of a cationic amphiphilic compound on rotifers.

Ostroumov SA, Walz N, Rusche R.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2003 May-Jun;390: 252-255. No abstract available.

PMID: 12940156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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7. The synecological approach to the problem of eutrophication.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Nov-Dec;381:559-62. No abstract available.

PMID: 12918433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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8.The hazard of a two-level synergism of synecological summation of anthropogenic effects.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Sep-Oct;380:499-501. No abstract available.

PMID: 12918416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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9.Responses of Unio tumidus to mixed chemical preparations and the hazard of synecological
summation of anthropogenic effects.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Sep-Oct;380:492-5. No abstract available.

PMID: 12918414 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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10. Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al.

Ostroumov SA, Kolesnikov MP.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Jul-Aug; 379: 378-381.

PMID: 12918380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Pellets of some mollusks in the biogeochemical flows of C, N, P, Si, and Al. — Doklady Biological
Sciences, 2001. Vol. 379, P. 378-381. Bibliogr. 12 refs. [Authors: S.A.Ostroumov, Kolesnikov M.P.]
(Translated from: DAN 2001. Vol. 379. No. 3. P. 426-429). ISSN 0012-4966. Distributed by Springer,
orderdept@springer-sbm.com. DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764;

DOI 10.1023/A:1011620817764; http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911730;
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/10614352_Pellets_of_some_mollusks_in_the_biogeochemica
l_flows_of_C_N_P_Si_and_Al;

ABSTRACT: The author obtained new data on coupling of geochemical and ecological (hydrobiological)
processes. The role of freshwater mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis in the flows of chemical elements in the
biosphere was studied by detecting the elemental composition and amount of pellets produced by the
mollusks. For the first time, the following was quantitatively studied: the elemental composition (C, N,
P, Si, Al) of pellets formed by mollusks Lymnaea stagnalis feeding on the leaves of higher plants Nuphar
lutea and Taraxacum officinale; the amount (wet weight, dry weight) of pellets formed by L. stagnalis
feeding on the leaves of N. lutea and T. officinale; the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P,
Si, Al) with pellets of freshwater bivalves (unionids Unio sp., etc.) per unit biomass of mollusks and per
unit area of the ecosystem of the river; the transfer of matter and chemical elements (C, N, P, Si, Al) with
pellets of L. stagnalis per unit biomass of mollusks and per unit area of the ecosystem of the pond.
Synthetic surfactants ТDТМА 2 mg/l, SDS 1-2 mg/l, detergent Tide-Lemon 75 mg/l inhibited the trophic
activity of L. stagnalis. Percents of food assimilability of taxons of invertebrates, from Rotatoria (48-80)
to Diptera (1-31)].

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http://sites.google.com/site/2001dbs379p378pellets/;

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11. Imbalance of factors providing control of unicellular plankton populations exposed to anthropogenic
impact.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 Jul-Aug;379:341-3. No abstract available.

PMID: 12918370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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12.Effect of amphiphilic chemicals on filter-feeding marine organisms.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2001 May-Jun;378:248-50. No abstract available.

PMID: 12918342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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13.Anthropogenic effects on the biota: towards a new system of principles and criteria for analysis of
ecological hazards.
Ostroumov SA.

Riv Biol. 2003 Jan-Apr;96(1):159-69. Review.

PMID: 12852181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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14. Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of ecological
remediation.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Jul-Aug;385:377-379. No abstract available.

PMID: 12469618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Ostroumov S.A. Identification of a new type of ecological hazard of chemicals: inhibition of processes of
ecological remediation. Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002. 385: 377-379. In Eng.; ISSN 0012-4966. DOI
10.1023/A:1019929305267; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=8408a7cfaa984764b812ce79c77007f2; http://scipeople.ru/users/2943391/;

Full text see online free: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911150;

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15.System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-
feeders.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Mar-Apr; 383: 147-150.

PMID: 12053567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Full text: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45911862;

System of principles for conservation of the biogeocenotic function and the biodiversity of filter-
feeders.- Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol. 383: 147-150. Bibliogr.15 refs. ISSN 0012-4966
(Print) 1608-3105 (Online). Distributed by Springer, orderdept@springer-sbm.com.

ABSTRACT: As a result of the author’s studies of filter-feeders (DAN, 1998, Vol. 362, P. 574-576; DAN,
2001, Vol. 378, P. 283-285), it is clear that the filtering activity of populations of filter-feeders in natural
habitats might be significantly reduced if the concentrations of some pollutants reach certain levels. The
role of filter-feeders as factors of water purification in ecosystems is so important that their inhibition is
a danger for the entire ecosystem. The author emphasizes that not only the biodiversity of filter-feeders
but also their level of functional (filtration) activity is to be protected. In order to do so, the author
suggested establishing a new type of protected areas whose main purpose is to protect functionally
active populations of filter-feeders, including bivalves and other organisms. Those protected areas could
be named hydrobiological (some variants: biofiltering, or malacological) reserves (some variants:
refuges, sanctuaries, etc.). The author formulated 5 principles of nature conservation requirements in
malacological and hydrobiological reserves (Tabl. 3). Among them is principle 2, "conservation of
filtration activity of organisms and populations". The paper contains data on how 5 detergents (1-50
mg/L) inhibited the filtration activity of Unio tumidus, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Crassostrea gigas (Tabl.
2); on effects on the efficiency of elimination (EEE) of suspended matter from water were measured
(Tabl. 2); on the number of days (0.3 – 10) needed to filter the volume of aquatic (freshwater and
marine) ecosystem by the local bivalves (a review of data from literature) (Tabl. 1). "I suggest that the
existing system of protected terrestrial and water areas should be supplemented with special sites
intended to conserve populations of filter-feeders. In addition to biodiversity conservation, these
populations should be conserved because they fulfill a very important biogeocenotic function of water
filtration and purification" (p.149). "The system of five principles…is proposed to provide an ecological
basis of the environment conservation conditions at these sites (malacological and hydrobiological
reserves)" (p.149).]. DOI 10.1023/A:1015398125876;
www.springerlink.com/index/1MNVLNAYW36TC92R.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?key=888352078b275ef40a430eb5b4d7714c;

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16.New definitions of the concepts and terms ecosystem and biogeocenosis.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Mar-Apr;383:141-3. No abstract available.

PMID: 12053565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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17.A new type of effect of potentially hazardous substances: uncouplers of pelagial-benthal coupling.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Mar-Apr;383:127-130.

PMID: 12053562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/45913695; Ostroumov S.A. A new type of effect of potentially hazardous

substances: uncouplers of pelagial–benthal coupling. - Doklady Biological Sciences. 2002 (March). Vol.
383 (1-6): 127-130. Bibliogr.15. ISSN 0012-4966. Abstract. The paper presents a discovery of a new type
of negative impact of pollutants on the biosphere, as a result of inhibition of water filtration by filter-
feeders / suspension feeders. The water filtration and associated removal of suspended matter from
water is part of migration of matter. As V.I. Vernadsky stressed, organisms are mediators of “biogenic
migration of atoms in the biosphere”. This migration is partly implemented in the framework of
pelagial–benthal coupling via the activity of filter-feeders, which remove the organic suspended matter
from water and excrete pellets. The tables contains the following data: the average percentage of
assimilated (16-90%) and non-assimilated (10-84%) food matter for 15 large taxa of invertebrates (Table
1); potassium bichromate inhibited water filtration by mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Table 2);
surfactants, detergents, pesticides inhibited filtration by filter-feeders, marine and freshwater bivalves
and rotifers (Table 3). A prediction was made: "Further research and experimental studies are expected
to provide new evidence that sublethal concentrations of chemical pollutants induce a significant
decrease in the filtration capacity of freshwater and marine filter feeders" (p.129). "The uncoupling
process considered above is an anthropogenic violation of two basic laws (empirical rules or
biogeochemical principles) of the biosphere functioning: (1) biogenic migration of atoms of chemical
elements in the biosphere always tends toward its maximum expression; (2) on the geological time
scale, the evolution of species gives rise to the forms of life that are stable in the biosphere, and is so
directed that the biogenic migration of atoms in the biosphere increases" (p.129).];
DOI10.1023/A:1015385723150; https://www.researchgate.net/file.FileLoader.html?
key=d988acb599e121964c48114374a87e8d;www.springerlink.com/index/28V23JBFADL1Y100.pdf;

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18.Biodiversity protection and quality of water: the role of feedbacks in ecosystems.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2002 Jan-Feb;382:18-21. No abstract available.

PMID: 11998748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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19.[An amphiphilic substance inhibits the mollusk capacity to fliter phytoplankton cells from water].

Ostroumov SA.

Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol. 2001 Jan-Feb;(1):108-16. Russian.

PMID: 11236572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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20.An aquatic ecosystem: a large-scale diversified bioreactor with a water self-purification function.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Sep-Oct;374:514-6. No abstract available.

PMID: 11103331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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21.Biocatalysis of matter transfer in a microcosm is inhibited by a contaminant: effects of a surfactant on

Limnea stagnalis.

Ostroumov SA, Kolesnikov MP.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Jul-Aug;373:397-9. No abstract available.

PMID: 11013843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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22.The concept of aquatic biota as a labile and vulnerable component of the water self-purification
system.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 May-Jun;372:286-9. Review. No abstract available.

PMID: 10944725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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23.Criteria of ecological hazards due to anthropogenic effects on the biota: searching for a system.

Ostroumov SA.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2000 Mar-Apr;371:204-6. No abstract available.

PMID: 10833660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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24.Biological filtering and ecological machinery for self-purification and bioremediation in aquatic
ecosystems: towards a holistic view.

Ostroumov SA.
Riv Biol. 1998;91(2):221-32.

PMID: 9857844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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25.Electrochemical proton gradient across the membranes of photophosphorylating bacteria.

Ostroumov SA, Jasaitis AA, Samuilov VD.

Biomembranes. 1979;10:209-33. Review. No abstract available.

PMID: 387102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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26.Membrane potential and surface charge densities as possible generalized regulators of membrane
protein activities.

Ostroumov SA, Vorobiev LN.

J Theor Biol. 1978 Dec 7;75(3):289-97. No abstract available.

PMID: 745444 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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27.Participation of chloroplasts and mitochondria in virus reproduction and the evolution of the
eukaryotic cell.

Ostroumov SA.

J Theor Biol. 1977 Jul 21;67(2):287-97. No abstract available.

PMID: 197321 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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28.Reconstitution of Biological Molecular generators of electric current. Bacteriorhodopsin.

Drachev LA, Frolov VN, Kaulen AD, Liberman EA, Ostroumov SA, Plakunova VG, Semenov AY, Skulachev
VP.
J Biol Chem. 1976 Nov 25;251(22):7059-65.

PMID: 62754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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29.[Membrane potential as a possible polyfunctional regulator of the activity of membrane proteins].

Ostroumov SA, Vorob'ev LN.

Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1976;(7):22-6. Review. Russian. No abstract available.

PMID: 136276 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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30.A study on the membrane potential and pH gradient in chromatophores and intact cells of
photosynthetic bacteria.

Barsky EL, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1975 May 15;387(2):388-95.

PMID: 236031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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31.Direct measurement of electric current generation by cytochrome oxidase, H+-ATPase and

bacteriorhodopsin.

Drachev LA, Jasaitis AA, Kaulen AD, Kondrashin AA, Liberman EA, Nemecek IB, Ostroumov SA, Semenov
AYu, Skulachev VP.

Nature. 1974 May 24;249(455):321-4. No abstract available.

PMID: 4366965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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32.Electrogenesis by bacteriorhodopsin incorporated in a planar phospholipid membrane.

Drachev LA, Kaulen AD, Ostroumov SA, Skulachev VP.

FEBS Lett. 1974 Feb 1;39(1):43-5. No abstract available.

PMID: 4851814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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33.[Membrane potential in the chromatophores of Rhodospirillum rubrum conditioned by a

transhydrogenase reaction].

Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP.

Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1974;2:92-5. Russian. No abstract available.

PMID: 4150987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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34.Transhydrogenase-induced responses of carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll and penetrating anions in

Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophores.

Ostroumov SA, Samuilov VD, Skulachev VP.

FEBS Lett. 1973 Apr 1;31(1):27-30. No abstract available.

PMID: 4145457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Addendum: the following material is not on PubMed but it is equally important.

Ostroumov S.A. Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders // Hydrobiologia. 2005. Vol. 542,
No. 1. P. 275 – 286 (in Eng.). Bibliogr. 63 refs. DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-1875-1. ISSN 0018-8158 (Print)
1573-5117 (Online).

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------------Abstract. The author gave innovative analysis of the vital role of filter-feeders in functioning
and maintenance of stability of aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine ones). The paper
includes the following tables. Table 1. Examples of the impact of filter-feeders on the water column:
clearance time. Table 2. Examples of diversity of taxons of benthic organisms involved in removing
seston from water, and filtration rates. Table 3. Effect of the increase in concentration of algae on the
filtration rate and the amount consumed by rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus. Table 4. The ratio F:P in
some groups of organisms (examples of "ecological taxation"). Table 5. The ratio F: (P+R) in some filter
feeders. Table 6. Results of the ecological tax: biosediment formation in 6 ecosystems. Table 7.
Contribution of various aquatic organisms to oxidation of organic matter in the ecosystem of the Sea of
Okhotsk. Table 8. Some chemicals that inhibit the filtering activity of the filter-feeders (new data of the
author). Table 9. Some features of water-filtering biomachinery: 6 fundamental principles. Table 10. The
level-block approach to the analysis of ecological hazards of anthropogenic effects on the biota (the new
conceptualization proposed by the author). Some fundamental principles that characterize the pivotal
roles of the biodiversity of filter-feeders in ecosystems. Among those roles are: (1) the role of ecological
repair of water quality, (2) the role of contributing to reliability and stability of the functioning of the
ecosystem, (3) the role of contributing to creation of habitat heterogeneity, (4) the role of contributing
to acceleration of migration of chemical elements. It is an important feature of the biomachinery of
filter-feeders that it removes from water various particles of a very broad range of sizes. Another
important principle is that the amount of the organic matter filtered out of water is larger than the
amount assimilated so that a significant part of the removed material serves no useful function to the
organism of the filter-feeder, but serves a beneficial function to some other species and to the
ecosystem as a whole. The new experiments by the author additionally demonstrated a vulnerability of
the filtration activity of filter feeders (e.g. bivalves and rotifers) to some xenobiotics
(tetradecyltrymethylammonium bromide, heavy metals and some others). The inhibition of the filtration
activity of filter-feeders may lead to the situation previously described as that of an ecological … of the
second type.

Ostroumov S.A. Inhibitory analysis of regulatory interactions in trophic webs.- Doklady Biological
Sciences, 2001, Vol. 377, p. 139–141. (Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2000, Vol. 375, No. 6, p.
847–849). Abstract: In the paper, the author proposed a new approach to analyze the key ecological
issue, the interactions between organisms in ecosystems. The new methodology proposed is inhibitory
analysis. The author applied this approach to analyze trophic chains: the top–down control of plankton
by benthic filter-feeders. This control, as the author’s experiments have shown, might be removed by
chemical inhibitors (the latter may enter the ecosystem as pollutants). As an example, the author gives
the results of his experiments on how surfactants [tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TDTMA)]
and synthetic detergents inhibited the control of plankton (Monochrystis lutheri) by mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis. The method was successfully applied to innovatively analyze the factors that are
among reasons of eutrophication. Among new facts: the cationic surfactant TDTMA 1 mg/L inhibited the
filtration rate of juveniles of marine bivalves Mytilus galloprovincialis, and the removal of cells of the
algae Monochrysis lutheri from water (50 min, 26˚C)]. DOI 10.1023/A:1019218026198;

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S. A. Ostroumov. On the Multifunctional Role of the Biota in the Self-Purification of Aquatic Ecosystems.
- Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp. 414–420. DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x; S. A.
Ostroumov.

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(Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119991 Russia)
Abstract: The study of water self-purification processes (Skurlatov, 1988; Ostroumov, 2000a) is essential
for approaching fundamental ecological problems (Alimov, 2000; Ostroumov et al., 2003) and for
resolving some applied issues related to the sustainable use of aquatic and biological resources. The
purpose of this paper is to give a systematic account of the concepts concerning the multiple functions
of the biota in the self-purification of water bodies and watercourses, without attempting to review the
numerous publications in this field. In this paper, a paradigm shift was made and some new principles of
the theory of the ecological mechanism of water self-purification based on multiple functions of the
biota in freshwater and marine ecosystems were formulated. In developing this theory, the results of
the author’s experiments with aquatic organisms (filter-feeders) have been used. As a result, the author
discovered that the natural ecological mechanism which maintains water quality (water self-purification
mechanism) is vulnerable to the impact of some pollutants as exemplified by synthetic detergents and
surfactants. Conclusions drawn on the basis of the theory have practical significance for biodiversity
conservation and for the sustainable use of the biological resources of aquatic ecosystems. 1067-
4136/05/3606-0414 © 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc. Russian Journal of Ecology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2005, pp.
414–420. DOI: 10.1007/s11184-005-0095-x; Translated from Ekologiya, No. 6, 2005, pp. 452–459.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ostroumov. The English edition of the paper is available on
SprigerLink: www.springerlink.com/index/Y6370W774LK7G786.pdf; Key words : aquatic, ecosystems,
water quality, water, self-purification, pollution, paradigm shift, surfactants, detergents, sustainability,
environment, filter-feeders, invertebrates, bivalves, freshwater, marine, resources, bioassay, hazards,

E. A. Solomonova and S. A. Ostroumov. Tolerance of an Aquatic Macrophyte Potamogeton crispus L.to

Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176–
179. DOI: 10.3103/S0096392507040074; -------------------------------Full text see online free:
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Abstract: Macrophytes are important components of ecosystems and participate in the purification of
water, which contributes to the sustainability of water quality. This is especially important in conditions
of pollution of water bodies and water streams. Surfactants constitute an important class of pollutants.
Therefore, further investigation and clarification of the facts concerning the interaction of plants and
various surfactants are necessary. The present paper presents the results of investigations of the effect
of various concentrations of aqueous solutions of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)
on the viability of the aquatic macrophytes, the pondweed Potamogeton crispus L. When the effects of
the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate on the aquatic macrophytes Potamogeton crispus L.
were studied, it was found that the concentrations of 83–133 mg/l caused fragmentation of the stems of
plants. The tolerance of the plants to the negative effects of the surfactant was higher in the spring
(April) than in the autumn (September). DOI:10.3103/S0096392507040074; Moscow University
Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 176–179. ISSN 0096-3925, © Allerton Press, Inc.,
2007. Available at SpringerLink; Original Russian Text © E.A. Solomonova, S.A. Ostroumov, 2007,
published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 39–42. Keywords: effects,
surfactant, aquatic, macrophytes, Potamogeton, crispus, concentrations, fragmentation, stems, plants,
negative, pollution, detergents, phytoremediation, chemico-biotic interactions, water quality, sodium
dodecyl sulphate, SDS, phytotechnology;