A bioassay for the detection of benzimidazoles reveals their presence in a range of environmental samples

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Crofts, Terence S ^a,c   Men, Yujie ^b,d   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^b   Taga, Michiko E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5,6 dimethylbenzimidazole; Benzimidazole; Bioassay; Cobamide; Environment; S. meliloti; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CISPLATIN; COBALAMIN; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYUREA; MENADIONE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MITOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EC50; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PURIFICATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84920572957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00592     Document Type: Article

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