The toxicity of the quaternary ammonium compound benzalkonium chloride alone and in mixtures with other anionic compounds to bacteria in test systems with Vibrio fischeri and Pseudomonas putida

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 498-505

  Sutterlin H ^a   Alexy, R ^a   Kummerer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anionic surfactant; Growth inhibition test; Ionic pair; Luminescent inhibition test; Mixture; Ps. putida; Quaternary ammonium compound; V. fischeri

Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BENZENE; CHLORIDE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; IONIC COMPOSITION; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 50949091714     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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