The use of YG bacterial tester strains for the monitoring of drinking water mutagenicity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 335-339

  Černá, Milena ^a   Pastorkoveá, Anna ^a   Šmíd, Jiří ^a   Dobiáš, Lubomír ^b   Rössner, Pavel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ames test; Bacterial mutagenicity; Drinking water; YG tester strains

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; MONITORING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031687347     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00090-3     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Ames B.N., McCann J., Yamasaki E. Methods for detecting carcinogens and mutagens with the Salmonella/mammalian-microsome mutagenicity test. Mutat. Res. 31:1975;347-363.
2. Bernstein L., Kaldor J., McCann J., Pike M.C. An empirical approach to the statistical analysis of mutagenesis data from the Salmonella test. Mutat. Res. 97:1982;367-381.
3. Černá M., Hájek V., Stejskalová E., Dobiáš L., Zudová Z., Rössner P. Environmental genotoxicity monitoring using Salmonella typhimurium strains as indicator system. Sci. Total. Environ. 101:1991;139-147.
4. Černá M., Hájek V., Pastorková A., Zudová Z., Lichá M., Rössner P. Monitoring the genotoxic action of drinking water in the Czech Republic-summarized results (in Czech). Hygiena. 39:1994;369-373.
5. Černá M., Pastorková A., Hájek V., Rössner P., Nožička J., Beneš I. Mutagenicity of drinking water in the Districts of Teplice and Prachatice (in Czech). Hygiena. 39:1994;48-55.
6. Černá M., Pastorková A., Šmíd J., Bavorová H., Očadlíková D., Rössner P., Zavadil J. Genotoxicity of industrial effluents, river waters, and their fractions using the Ames test and in vitro cytogenetic assay. Toxicol. Lett. 88:1996;191-197.
7. Cheh A.M., Skochdopole J., Koski P., Cole L. Nonvolatile mutagens in drinking water: Production by chlorination and destruction by sulfite. Science. 207:1980;90-92.
8. Claxton L.D., Creason J., Nader J.A., Poteat W., Orr O. GeneTox manager for bacterial mutagenicity assays: a personal computer and minicomputer system. Mutat. Res. 342:1995;87-94.
9. DeMarini D.M., Abu-Shakra A., Felton C.F., Patterson K.S., Shelton M.L. Mutation spectra in Salmonella of chlorinated, chloraminated, or ozonozated drinking water extracts: Comparison to MX. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 26:1995;270-285.
10. Hagiwara Y., Watanabe M., Oda Y., Sofuni T., Nohmi T. Specificity and sensitivity of Salmonella typhimurium YGl041 and YG1042 strains possessing elevated levels of both nitroreductase and acetyltransferase activity. Mutat. Res. 291:1993;171-180.
11. Hemming J., Holmbom B., Reunanen M., Kronberg L. Determination of the strong mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone in chlorinated drinking and humic water. Chemosphere. 15:1986;549-556.
12. Hemming J., Holmbom B., Reunanen M., Kronberg L. Determination of the strong mutagen, 3-chloro-4-(dichlormethyl)-5-hxdroxy-2(5H)-furanone in chlorinated drinking and humic waters. Chemosphere. 15:1986;549-556.
13. Hughes T.J., Lewtas J., Claxton L.D. Development of a standard reference material for diesel mutagenicity in the Salmonella plate incorporation assay. Mutat. Res. 391:1997;243-258.
14. Kraybill H.F. Assessment of human exposure and health risk to environmental contaminants in the atmosphere and water with special reference to cancer. J. Environ. Sci. Health C. 1:1983;175-232.
15. Maron D.M., Ames B.N. Revised methods for the Salmonella mutagenicity test. Mutat. Res. 113:1983;173-215.
16. Maruoka S., Yamanaka S. Production of mutagenic substances by chlorination of water. Mutat. Res. 79:1980;381-386.
17. Meier J.R. Genotoxic activity of organic chemicals in drinking water. Mutat. Res. 196:1988;211-245.
18. National Institute of Public Health (1997). Systém Monitoring the Environmental Impact on Population Health. Summary Report, 1996, Prague, September 1997.
19. Vartiainen T., Liimatainen A. High levels of mutagenic activity in chlorinated drinking water in Finland. Mutat. Res. 169:1986;29-34.