Size- and composition-dependent toxicity of synthetic and soil-derived Fe oxide colloids for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 544-552

  Höss, Sebastian ^a,b   Fritzsche, Andreas ^c   Meyer, Carolin ^d   Bosch, Julian ^d   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^d,e   Totsche, Kai Uwe ^c  

^a Institute for Biodiversity Network eV (ibn)   (Germany)

^b Ecossa   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; COLLOIDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN;

AGGREGATE SIZE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLOIDAL IRON OXIDE; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LIVING ORGANISMS; MITOCHONDRIAL SUPEROXIDE;

TOXICITY;

CITRIC ACID; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; AKAGANEITE; COLLOID; FERRIC ION; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGGREGATE SIZE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COLLOID; NEMATODE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLOID; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84924933340     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503559n     Document Type: Article

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