Assessment of the potential toxicity of herbicides and their degradation products to nontarget cells using two microorganisms, the bacteria Vibrio fischeri and the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-91

  Bonnet, J L ^a   Bonnemoy, F ^b   Dusser, M ^a   Bohatier, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Diuron; Glyphosate; Metabolites; Microbiotests; Tetrahymena pyriformis; Toxicity assessment; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; CELLS; DEGRADATION; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; TOXICITY;

ALACHLOR; DIURON; GLYPHOSATE; MICROBIOTESTS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

HERBICIDES;

ALACHLOR; AMINOMETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; DIURON; ESTERASE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE;

ALACHLOR; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYPHOSATE; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IC 50; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIURON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33847193569     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20237     Document Type: Article

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