Assessing cytotoxicity of photosensitized transformation products of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and atrazine with freshwater microbial assemblages

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 490-496

  Zeng, Kui ^a   Hwang, Huey Min ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Cook, Sean ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Cytotoxicity; Photoproducts; TNT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICALS; GLUCOSE; PHOTOLYSIS; RIVERS; TOLUENE; WATER;

CYTOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER; PHOTOPRODUCTS; PHOTOSENSITIZED TRANSFORMATIONS;

TOXICITY;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; RIBOFLAVIN; RIVER WATER; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ATRAZINE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TOXICITY; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DARKNESS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIGHT; MICROFLORA; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRAZINE; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOSE; HERBICIDES; LIGHT; MISSISSIPPI; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RIBOFLAVIN; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 7044233331     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20054     Document Type: Article

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