Biomonitoring genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria) using the Allium cepa test

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-188

  Laughinghouse, Haywood Dail ^a,e   Prá, Daniel ^a,b   Silva Stenico, Maria Estela ^c   Rieger, Alexandre ^a   Frescura, Viviane Dal Souto ^d   Fiore, Marli Fátima ^c   Tedesco, Solange Bosio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa test; Cyanotoxins; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AERUGINOSA; ALLIUM CEPA; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BIOMONITORING; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION; CYANOBACTERIAL STRAINS; CYANOTOXINS; ECOTOXICITY; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOTOXICITY; HEPTAPEPTIDES; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MITOGENIC; MITOTIC DIVISIONS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PLANT ASSAYS; PRIMARY LIVER CANCERS; PROTEASE INHIBITOR; ROOT GROWTH;

CYTOTOXICITY; EUTROPHICATION; STRAIN; WATER LEVELS; WATER POLLUTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AERUGINOSIN; METHANOL; MICROCYSTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMONITORING; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; GENOTOXICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH;

BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALLIUM CEPA; CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84862513200     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.093     Document Type: Article

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