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New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring

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Editors:
  1. Guido Persoone

    1. University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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  2. Colin Janssen

    1. University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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  3. Wim Coen

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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Table of contents (60 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Reviews on Toxicity Tests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Canadian application of microbiotests to assess the toxic potential of complex liquid and solid media

      • C. Blaise
      Pages 3-12

    3. Biomarker applications in ecotoxicology: bridging the gap between toxicology and ecology

      • W. M. De Coen, C. R. Janssen, J. P. Giesy
      Pages 13-25

    4. A brief review and critical evaluation of the status of microbiotests

      • C. R. Janssen, M. Vangheluwe, P. Van Sprang
      Pages 27-37

    5. The use of a battery of microbiotests as a tool for integrated pollution control : evaluation and perspectives in Cyprus

      • S. Canna-Michaelidou, A. S. Nicolaou, E. Neopfytou, M. Christodoulidou
      Pages 39-48

    6. Development and application of microbioassays for routine testing and biomonitoring in Argentina, Chile and Colombia

      • A. E. Ronco, G. Castillo, M. C. DíAz-Baez
      Pages 49-61

  3. Toxicity Testing for Regulatory Purposes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. From microbiotest to decision support system : an assessment framework for surface water toxicity

      • F. Heinis, J. M. Brils, S. P. Klapwijk, L. R. M. de Poorter
      Pages 65-72

    3. Criteria-based procedure for selecting test methods for effluent testing and its application to Toxkit microbiotests

      • I. Johnson
      Pages 73-94

    4. Selection of a battery of microbiotests for various purposes—the Czech experience

      • B. Marsálek, R. Rojícková-padrtová
      Pages 95-101

    5. Evaluation of Toxkits as methods for monitoring water quality in New Zealand

      • J. G. Ruck, M. Martin, M. Mabon
      Pages 103-119

  4. New Microbiotests and Specific Test Criteria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Toxicity testing in Japan and the use of Toxkit microbiotests

      • I. Aoyama, H. Okamura, L. Rong
      Pages 123-133

    3. Application of the PAM fluorometric method for determination of copper toxicity to microalgae and duckweed

      • A. El Berdey, P. Juneau, L. Pirastru, R. Popovic
      Pages 135-140

    4. A new flash assay for measuring the toxicity of solid and colored samples

      • J. Lappalainen, R. Juvonen, K. Vaajasaari, M. Karp
      Pages 141-143

    5. The use of Daphnia magna neonates hatched from ephippia for toxicity testing

      • M. M. Moreira Dos Santos, G. Persoone
      Pages 145-153

    6. Controlled storage and hatching of eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri for toxicity testing.

      • L. T. H. Nguyen, G. Persoone
      Pages 155-162

    7. Influence of storage conditions Nothobranchius guenther on the sensitivity of the larvae to toxic stress

      • L. T. H. Nguyen, G. Persoone
      Pages 163-168

    8. A new Toxkit microbiotest with the protozoan ciliate Tetrahymena

      • W. Pauli, S. Berger
      Pages 169-176
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The determination of the hazards resulting from the accidental or deli berate contamination of terrestrial and aquatic environments is in most countries still lirnited to the detection and quantification of the suspected pollutants by chemical analyses. Such an approach is unfortunately hampered by the following constraints : the costs as weil as the technical difficulties of analyzing every individual chemical which may be present in the sampies, and the difficulty of assessing the hazards and risks of environmental contaminations from a set of chemical data. During the last decades the scientific and regulatory community has gradually realized that biological methodologies have to be taken into consideration for an ecologically meaningful assessment of the toxicological hazards of contaminants. Effect evaluations obtained with biological techniques indeed integrate the impact of all the contaminants to which living biota are exposed. Bioassays with selected test species representative for the biological commumtles of the environments under consideration, are now applied more or less regularly to determine toxic and genotoxic effects. Taking into account the species specific and chemical specific character of toxicity to biota, the necessity of a «battery of tests» approach with species of different trophic levels is currently also generally accepted and implemented. It is dear that a balanced partnership between chemical, biological, toxicological and microbiological analyses is always the best strategy for generating the broadest information base on environmental hazards.

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`This book is generally well produced and well illustrated. It contains a wealth fo material on microbiotests, and is a must for practioners in the field. More generally, it is a valuable reference work on the wide range of microbiotests currently being used, which will be of interest to scientists working in related fields.'
Alternatives To Laboratory Animals, Vol.29 (Sept. 2000)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

    Guido Persoone, Colin Janssen

  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Wim Coen

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