Impact of fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOH) on the molecular and macroscopic phenotype of Tetrahymena thermophila

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-164

  Wang, Zhanyun ^a   Ud Daula, Asad ^a   Fiedler, Stefan ^a   Schramm, Karl Werner ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed system; Fluorotelomer alcohols; Growth inhibition; LDH; Macronucleus; Morphology

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON;

APOPTOSIS; CILIATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; TOXICITY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VOLATILIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; PHENOTYPE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VOLATILIZATION;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 73949120926     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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