The protozoan ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila as biosensor of sublethal levels of toxicants in the soil

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 8 B, 2008, Pages 1144-1150

  La Terza, Antonietta ^a   Barchetta, Sabrina ^a   Buonanno, Federico ^a,b   Ballarini, Patrizia ^a   Miceli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture management; Eukaryotic biosensor; Hsp70; Microbiotest; Soil toxicity; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CILIATE; GENE EXPRESSION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTOZOAN; RECOMBINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 55549122683     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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