Species-dependent uptake of gadolinium in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae.

Single cell-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (sc-ICP-MS) was used in this study as a valuable tool to assess the species-dependent uptake of metallopharmaceuticals into algal cells. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae were incubated for 24 h with four Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) and GdCl. A species dependency towards the uptake of the tested Gd species was observed.