Use of highly sensitive sublethal stress responses in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum for an assessment of freshwater quality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 395, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Sforzini, Susanna ^a   Dagnino, Alessandro ^a   Torrielli, Sara ^a   Dondero, Francesco ^a   Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Negri, Alessandro ^a   Boatti, Lara ^a   Viarengo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Ecotoxicological bioassay; Endocytotic rate; Freshwater quality; Lysosomal membrane stability; Sublethal endpoints

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL BIOASSAY; ENDOCYTOTIC RATE; FRESHWATER QUALITY; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANE STABILITY; SUBLETHAL ENDPOINTS;

STRESS MEASUREMENT;

FRESH WATER; RIVER WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; STRESS RESISTANCE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; ITALY; LYSOSOMES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BORMIDA RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 41549152856     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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