Effect of different toxic compounds on ATP content and acid phosphatase activity in axenic cultures of Tetrahymena pyriformis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-135

  Nicolau, Ana ^a   Mota, Manuel ^a   Lima, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ACP activity; ATP content; In vitro toxicity; Protozoa; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COPPER; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRITON X 100; ZINC;

PHOSPHATASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CILIATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; STIMULATION; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0842286514     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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