Microtox® solid phase test: Effect of diluent used in toxicity test

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 851-861

  Volpi Ghirardini, Annamaria ^a   Girardini, Marco ^a   Marchetto, Davide ^a   Pantani, Claudio ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Confounding factors; Diluent; Microtox ; Sediment; Toxicity bioassay; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DILUENT; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILUTION; PH; PHOSPHATE; RESUSPENSION; SEAWATER; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IC 50; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULTURE MEDIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 59149091011     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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