Use of bacterial biosensors to interpret the toxicity and mixture toxicity of herbicides in freshwater

Water Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 3490-3495

  Strachan, Gillian ^a,b   Preston, Sara ^a   Maciel, Helena ^a   Porter, Andrew J R ^b   Paton, Graeme I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Herbicides; Mixtures; Pollutant interactions; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HERBICIDES; LUMINESCENCE; TOXICITY;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOSENSORS;

FRESH WATER; HERBICIDE;

BIOINDICATOR; FRESHWATER; HERBICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034904691     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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