Automatic biodetector of water toxicity (ABTOW) as a tool for examination of phenol and cyanide contaminated water

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 767-772

  Woznica, Andrzej ^a   Nowak, Agnieszka ^a   Karczewski, Jerzy ^a   Klis, Czeslaw ^b   Bernas, Tytus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ABTOW; Biosensor; Cyanide; Nitrifying bacteria; Phenol; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; CYANIDES; HEAVY METALS; PHENOLS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ABTOW; BIOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; BIOFILM FORMATION; CONTAMINATED WATER; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; ONLINE MONITORING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

NITRIFICATION;

CYANIDE; FUNGICIDE; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PHENOL; POLYURETHAN;

BIOFILM; BIOINDICATOR; CYANIDE; FOAM; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITOR; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXYGEN; PHENOL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; TOXIN; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC BIODETECTOR OF WATER TOXICITY; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 77957239169     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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