Microbial toxicity of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) determined with fluorescent and luminescent bioassays

Chemosphere

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-291

  Roslev, Peter ^a   Lentz, Trine ^a   Hesselsoe, Martin ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Amphi Consult ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Fluorescence; Hydrolytic enzymes; Lux tagged; MTBE toxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHERS; FLUORESCENCE; FUEL ADDITIVES; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA; HYDROLYTIC ENZYME; HYDROLYTIC ENZYME ACTIVITIES; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; LUX-TAGGED; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

TOXICITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARYLSULFATASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ENZYME; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROLASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; CARCINOGEN; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

BIAXIAL TEST; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MTBE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EC50; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HYDROLYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; YEAST; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA; CARCINOGENS; FLUORESCENCE; FORMALDEHYDE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; METHYL ETHERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 84912140453     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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