Microalgal growth media consist of various components that support the microalgal growth. But some  of those components shown to have an effect on the free metal content added to the media to study the effect of heavy metals on the microalgal growth. This study revealed that the media containing  components of less metal binding capacity show reduced algal growth due to the availability of considerable content of free metals in the growth medium.

                  I.V.N.Rathnayake, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Micheal Beer, Ravi Naidu

                                                              Journal of Applied Phycology 

                     Abstract:- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02589-8