Microbial Systems

Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2009, Pages 9-27

  Mayfield, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Large scale plastic enclosure mesocosm study (CEPEX); Marine ecosystem; Micro organisms as members of ecosystems; Microbial bioassays single species, single and multi species single toxicant studies; Microbial systems; Microbial testing rationale five general categories; Motility tests; Photobacterium luminescence (Microtox test); Simplified and standardized test with rapid information generation; Toxicity measurement by growth rate or cell viability

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

CELL VIABILITY; INFORMATION GENERATION; MESOCOSMS; MICROBIAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL TESTING RATIONALE - FIVE GENERAL CATEGORIES; MICROTOX TESTS; SINGLE SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84953329307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313512.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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