Effects of xenobiotic compounds on the cell activities of Euplotes crassus, a single-cell eukaryotic test organism for the study of the pollution of marine sediments

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-283

  Trielli, Francesca ^a   Amaroli, Andrea ^a   Sifredi, Francesca ^a   Marchi, Barbara ^a   Falugi, Carla ^a   Corrado, Maria Umberta Delmonte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase activity; Ciliated protista; Euplotes crassus; Pollution of marine sediments; Toxicity tests; Xenobiotic compounds

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMPYLATE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY CHLORIDE; NEUTRAL RED; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CILIATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTUARY; EUKARYOTE; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES CRASSUS; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUPLOTES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSOSOMES; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 34347332290     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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