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Toxicity and Biodegradation Testing

  • Explores a broad compendium of practical methodologies in biodegradation and toxicological research
  • Features critical discussion of laboratory scale experiments from experts in the field
  • Contains the detail necessary to achieve reproducible results in the lab

Part of the book series: Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology (MIPT)

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Table of contents (18 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Biodegradation of Selected Endocrine Disrupting Compounds

    • Tomasz Grześkowiak, Beata Czarczyńska-Goślińska, Agnieszka Zgoła-Grześkowiak
    Pages 1-27
  3. Alternative Approaches to Determine the Efficiency of Biomixtures Used for Pesticide Degradation in Biopurification Systems

    • Carlos E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Víctor Castro-Gutiérrez, Verónica Lizano-Fallas
    Pages 57-73
  4. Bioremediation of Methomyl by Escherichia coli

    • Amritha G. Kulkarni, Basappa B. Kaliwal
    Pages 75-86
  5. Burkholderia Sp. Strain BBK_9: A Potent Agent for Propiconazole Degradation

    • Praveen P. Satapute, Basappa B. Kaliwal
    Pages 87-103
  6. Biological Testing and Toxicity Bioassays in Biodegradation: Toward Better Process Control

    • Maha M. Ismail, Mariam Hassan, Tamer M. Essam
    Pages 185-205
  7. An Overview of Methods to Detect Biodegradation Limiting Conditions

    • Jaqueline Matos Cruz, Renato Nallin Montagnolli, Elis Marina Turini Claro, Gabriela Mercuri Quitério, José Rubens Moraes Júnior, Paulo Renato Matos Lopes et al.
    Pages 207-213
  8. Bioassays Used to Assess the Efficacy of Biodegradation

    • Dânia E. C. Mazzeo, Matheus M. Roberto, Laís R. D. Sommaggio, Maria A. Marin-Morales
    Pages 215-239
  9. New Approach of Dye Removal in Textile Effluent: A Cost-Effective Management for Cleanup of Toxic Dyes in Textile Effluent by Water Hyacinth

    • Sanmuga Priya Ekambaram, Senthamil Selvan Perumal, Durgalakshmi Rajendran, Dhevash Samivel, Mohammad Navas Khan
    Pages 241-267
  10. Biodegradation of Dyes Intermediates and HPLC Method for Their Estimation

    • Rana Rashad Mahmood Khan, Saira Saeed, Ahmad Adnan
    Pages 269-280
  11. Ecotoxicological Characterization of Surfactants and Mixtures of Them

    • Francisco Ríos, Alejandro Fernández-Arteaga, Manuela Lechuga, Mercedes Fernández-Serrano
    Pages 311-330
  12. Whole Effluent Toxicity Assessment of Industrial Effluents

    • Takashi Kusui, Yasuyuki Itatsu, Jun Jin
    Pages 331-347
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 389-397

About this book

This volume presents a broad compendium of techniques used in biodegradation and toxicological research. Through both legacy and up-to-date approaches to practical methodologies with proven results, the book examines the role and applications of analytical biodegradation quantification as it applies to the environmental sciences, particularly in the range of byproducts that are usually linked to toxicology, and the test organisms most often used in toxicity testing. Topics include scientific and technical feasibility studies, contaminant impacts evaluation, study design and analytical techniques, key methodologies required to prepare the biodegradation and toxicology protocols, as well as the handling of microbial communities related to such processes. Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters deal with a critical discussion of laboratory scale experiments, as well as full scale in situ and ex situ apparatus, with each chapter containing both a discursive section along with a detailed methods section.

Detailed and authoritative, Toxicity and Biodegradation Testing is primarily focused toward the environmental sciences researcher, while the range of techniques also provides an introduction to biodegradation and toxicology methods for researchers outside of the field.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil

    Ederio Dino Bidoia, Renato Nallin Montagnolli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toxicity and Biodegradation Testing

  • Editors: Ederio Dino Bidoia, Renato Nallin Montagnolli

  • Series Title: Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7425-2

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7424-5Published: 27 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8482-4Published: 23 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7425-2Published: 26 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1557-2153

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6053

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 397

  • Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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