A trial to compare the effects of pH, buffer concentration, and NaCl, on one fluorescent and two bioluminescent bacterial tests for acute toxicity

Microbios

Volumn 92, Issue 370, 1997, Pages 35-45

  Mariscal, A ^a   Carnero, M ^a   Gomez Aracena J ^a   Fernandez Crehuet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bioluminescence; Buffers; Escherichia coli; Fluorescence; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BUFFER; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; N,N,N',N'-TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PH; TOXICOLOGY;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BACTERIA; BUFFERS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0031317848     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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