BACTOX, a rapid bioassay that uses protozoa to assess the toxicity of bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2754-2757

  Schlimme, Wolfram ^a   Marchiani, Marcello ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt ^b   Jenni, Bernard ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; PROTOZOA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOASSAY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0032975017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2754-2757.1999     Document Type: Article

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