Toxicological profiling of chemical and environmental samples using panels of test organisms and optical oxygen respirometry

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-127

  Zitova, Alice ^a   O'Mahony, Fiach C ^a   Cross, Maud ^a   Davenport, John ^a   Papkovsky, Dmitri B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological toxicity testing; Model organisms; Oxygen consumption assay; Profiling

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANIMAL MODELS; ARTEMIA SALINAS; BIOLOGICAL TOXICITY TESTING; COMMERCIAL REAGENTS; DANIO RERIO; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LARGE-SCALE MONITORING; MICROPLATES; MICROTITER PLATES; MICROTOX; MODEL ORGANISMS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION ASSAY; OXYGEN PROBES; PROFILING; RESPIROMETRY; TEST ORGANISMS; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE; TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; WASTE-WATER TREATMENTS;

ASSAYS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; METAL IONS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

HEAVY ION; HEAVY METAL; OXYGEN; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFANILAMIDE; WATER;

FISH; INVERTEBRATE; PAH; PROKARYOTE; RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LETHAL DOSE 50; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65349145231     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20387     Document Type: Article

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