Toxicity of five protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics and their mixture to limnic bacterial communities

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-465

  Brosche, S ^a   Backhaus, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial communities; Concentration Addition; Environmental risk assessment; Independent Action; Mixture toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; FUSIDIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FRESHWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUSIDIC ACID; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANKTON; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIFAMPIN; SEAWATER; STREPTOMYCIN; SWEDEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957754278     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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