New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Canadian application of microbiotests to assess the toxic potential of complex liquid and solid media....Pages 3-12
Biomarker applications in ecotoxicology: bridging the gap between toxicology and ecology....Pages 13-25
A brief review and critical evaluation of the status of microbiotests....Pages 27-37
The use of a battery of microbiotests as a tool for integrated pollution control : evaluation and perspectives in Cyprus....Pages 39-48
Development and application of microbioassays for routine testing and biomonitoring in Argentina, Chile and Colombia....Pages 49-61
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From microbiotest to decision support system : an assessment framework for surface water toxicity....Pages 65-72
Criteria-based procedure for selecting test methods for effluent testing and its application to Toxkit microbiotests....Pages 73-94
Selection of a battery of microbiotests for various purposes—the Czech experience....Pages 95-101
Evaluation of Toxkits as methods for monitoring water quality in New Zealand....Pages 103-119
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Toxicity testing in Japan and the use of Toxkit microbiotests....Pages 123-133
Application of the PAM fluorometric method for determination of copper toxicity to microalgae and duckweed....Pages 135-140
A new flash assay for measuring the toxicity of solid and colored samples....Pages 141-143
The use of Daphnia magna neonates hatched from ephippia for toxicity testing....Pages 145-153
Controlled storage and hatching of eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri for toxicity testing.....Pages 155-162
Influence of storage conditions Nothobranchius guenther on the sensitivity of the larvae to toxic stress....Pages 163-168
A new Toxkit microbiotest with the protozoan ciliate Tetrahymena ....Pages 169-176
Plant thylakoid membranes and protoplasts as biological units for detection of phytotoxic compounds in water, air, soil and compost....Pages 177-184
The distribution of endpoint chronic values for freshwater rotifers....Pages 185-190
Characterisation of lyophilised thylakoids as a biological tool to detect herbicides....Pages 191-195
Use of bacterial tests (the VITOTOX ® genotoxicity test and the BIOMET heavy metal test) to analyze chemicals and environmental samples....Pages 197-207
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Luminescence-based biosensors for the detection of metal bioavailability....Pages 209-213
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Comparison of the sensitivity of aquatic test species for toxicity evaluation of various environmental samples....Pages 217-220
The use of microbiotests for assessing the influence of the dilution medium quality on the acute toxicity of chemicals and effluents....Pages 221-228
Comparison of Ukrainian standard methods and new microbiotests for water toxicity assessment....Pages 229-232
Acute toxicity of nine pesticides as determined with conventional assays and alternative microbiotests....Pages 233-241
Sensitivity comparison of the ISO Daphnia and algal test procedures with Toxkit microbiotests....Pages 243-246
Sensitivity comparison of the conventional acute Daphnia magna immobilization test with the Daphtoxkit F™ microbiotest for household products....Pages 247-252
Suitability of microscale ecotoxicity tests for environmental monitoring....Pages 253-260
Comparison of the conventional algal assay and the Algaltoxkit F™ microbiotest for toxicity evaluation of sediment pore waters....Pages 261-268
Shifting from the conventional ISO 8692 algal growth inhibition test to the Algaltoxkit F™ microbiotest ?....Pages 269-272
Toxicity assessment of chemicals using conventional acute Daphnia magna tests, Toxkits and Fluotox microbiotests....Pages 273-277
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Assessing the quality of natural waters in Magnesia prefecture in Greece using Toxkits....Pages 281-288
Toxicity screening of surface waters in southern Italy with Toxkit microbiotests....Pages 289-293
Toxicity monitoring of the Scheldt and Meuse rivers in Wallonia (Belgium) by conventional tests and microbiotests....Pages 295-303
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Toxicity screening of novel pulp mill wastewaters in Finnish pulp mills....Pages 307-317
Toxicity of waste dump leachates and sugar factory effluents and their impact on groundwater and surface water quality in the Opole Province in Poland....Pages 319-322
Application of Toxkit microbiotests for toxicity evaluation of river waters and waste waters in the region of Warsaw in Poland....Pages 323-325
Assessment of the toxicity and genotoxicity of wastewaters treated in a municipal plant....Pages 327-338
Toxicity monitoring of waste waters from tanneries with microbiotests....Pages 339-345
Industrial waste leachates: toxicity detection with microbiotests and biochemical tests....Pages 347-355
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Microbiotests for the evaluation of the pollution from the oil shale industry....Pages 357-365
Toxicity studies of treated residual wastes in Austria using different types of conventional assays and cost-effective microbiotests....Pages 367-383
Toxicity testing of solidified waste leachates with microbiotests....Pages 385-390
Microbiotests for the toxicity assessment of various types of water samples....Pages 391-399
Comparison of chemical composition and toxicity of wastewaters from pulp industry....Pages 401-411
Hazard assessment of industrial waste teachability: chemical characterization and biotesting by routine effluent tests....Pages 413-423
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Toxicity determination of the sediments of the river Seine in France by application of a battery of microbiotests....Pages 427-439
Microbiotests for contaminated soils and sediments: interpreting the data....Pages 441-448
Selection of bioassays for sediment toxicity screening....Pages 449-458
The toxicity identification of inorganic toxicants in real world samples....Pages 459-465
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Assessing the impact of atmospheric wet and dry deposition using chemical and toxicological analysis....Pages 469-473
Toxicity of snow cover for the assessment of air pollution as determined with microbiotests....Pages 475-478
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Toxicity determination of zinc and cadmium (single and in combination) with a battery of Toxkit microbiotests....Pages 481-486
Using Toxkits for calculating interactive effects of chemicals....Pages 487-493
Laboratory studies with microbiotests to evaluate the acute toxicity to aquatic biota of herbicides used in Portuguese paddy fields....Pages 495-500
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Development of a miniaturized Salmonella typhimurium reversion test with kinetic data acquisition....Pages 503-510
Genotoxicity monitoring of environmental samples in Tatarstan, Russia....Pages 511-516
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Microbiotests for cyanobacterial toxins screening....Pages 519-525
The toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms as determined by microbiotests and mouse assays....Pages 527-532
The potential of the Thamnotoxkit microbiotest for routine detection of cyanobacterial toxins....Pages 533-539
Back Matter....Pages 541-550