Toxicity and adaptation of Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides to extreme chromium contamination

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1901-1905

  Sanchez FortúN, Sebastián ^a   López rodas, Victoria ^b   Navarro, Macarena ^b   Marvá, Fernando ^b   D'Ors, Ana ^b   Rouco, Mónica ^b   Haigh Florez, David ^c   Costas, Eduardo ^b  

^a Toxicology and Pharmacology Department   (United States)

^b School of Veterinary Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chromium; Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides; Mutation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION MECHANISM; ADAPTIVE MECHANISM; ALGAL BIOSENSORS; ALGAL CELLS; ALGAL POPULATIONS; CELL DIVISIONS; CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INLAND WATERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; RESISTANT CELLS;

ALGAE; BIOSENSORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; METALS; TOXICITY;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM;

ADAPTATION; ALGA; CHROMIUM; GROWTH; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; DICTYOSPHAERIUM CHLORELLOIDES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROALGA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHROMIUM; EUKARYOTA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; DICTYOSPHAERIUM CHLORELLOIDES; LURIA;

EID: 77549088076     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-489.1     Document Type: Article

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