Prokaryotic gene profiling assays to detect sediment toxicity: Evaluating the ecotoxicological relevance of a cell-based assay

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1790-1796

  Dardenne, F ^a   Smolders, R ^a,b   De Coen, W ^a   Blust, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ECOLOGY; GENES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

CELL BASED ASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENE PROFILING ASSAYS;

BIOASSAY;

FRESH WATER;

BIOASSAY; CELLS; ECOLOGY; GENES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33847659533     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062162m     Document Type: Article

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