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When the pH was less than 6 or higher than 8, the fluorescence signals detected by immunosensor systems were obviously reduced with the decrease or increase of pH. When the pH ranged from 6 to 8, IC50 and the linear working range of MC-LR calculated from the detection curves were 1.01~1.04 \u03bcg\/L and 0.12~10.5 \u03bcg\/L, respectively, which was favourable for an MC-LR immunoassay. Low concentrations of Cu2+ rarely affected the detection performance of MC-LR. When the concentration of CuSO4 was higher than 5 mg\/L, the fluorescence signal detected by EWAI clearly decreased, and when the concentration of CuSO4 was 10 mg\/L, the fluorescence signal detected was reduced by 70%. 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