Toxicity assessment of xenobiotic contaminated groundwater using lux modified Pseudomonas fluorescens

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1967-1985

  Boyd, Elaine M ^a,b   Killham, Kenneth ^b   Wright, Julian ^a   Rumford, Stephen ^c   Hetheridge, Malcolm ^c   Cumming, Rob ^c   Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Brixham Environmental Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOASSAY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LUMINESCENCE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENES; FRESH WATER; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030730021     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00271-3     Document Type: Article

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