Microbial bioassays in environmental toxicity testing

CA Viegas - Advances in applied microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Accidental spills and the misuse of chemicals may lead to current and legacy environmental
contamination and pose concerns over possible (eco) toxicological secondary effects and …

Assessment of the Influence of Size and Concentration on the Ecotoxicity of Microplastics to Microalgae Scenedesmus sp., Bacterium Pseudomonas putida and Yeast …

M Miloloža, K Bule, V Prevarić, M Cvetnić, Š Ukić… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The harmful effects of microplastics are not yet fully revealed. This study tested harmful
effects of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) …

[HTML][HTML] Lethality Bioassay Using Artemia salina L.

MS Filipe, VMS Isca… - JoVE (Journal …, 2022 - www-jove-com-443.vpn.cdutcm.edu …
Natural products have been used since ancient times to produce medicines. Nowadays,
there are plenty of chemotherapeutic drugs obtained from natural sources and used against …

A rapid resazurin bioassay for assessing the toxicity of fungicides

PB Fai, A Grant - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
Fungicides are widely used in agriculture, and released in large amounts to the
environment. Methods used for antifungal susceptibility testing are cumbersome and time …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress, metabolomics profiling, and mechanism of local anesthetic induced cell death in yeast

CHT Boone, RA Grove, D Adamcova, J Seravalli… - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization designates lidocaine as an essential medicine in
healthcare, greatly increasing the probability of human exposure. Its use has been …

Toxicity of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acid herbicides in the experimental eukaryotic model Saccharomyces cerevisiae: role of pH and of growth phase and size of the …

MG Cabral, CA Viegas, MC Teixeira, I Sa-Correia - Chemosphere, 2003 - Elsevier
The inhibitory effect of the herbicides 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) and 2, 4-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae growth is strongly …

Yeasts colonizing the leaves of fruit trees

E SlÁviková, R Vadkertiová, D Vránová - Annals of microbiology, 2009 - Springer
Yeasts were isolated from leaf surfaces of five species of fruit trees located in southwest
Slovakia. One hundred and fifty five yeast strains belonging to 11 genera were isolated from …

Cytotoxic and estrogenic activity of chlorpyrifos and its metabolite 3, 5, 6-trichloro-2-pyridinol. Study of marine yeasts as potential toxicity indicators

G Echeverri-Jaramillo, B Jaramillo-Colorado… - Ecotoxicology, 2021 - Springer
Chlorpyrifos (CP) is one of the organophosphate insecticides most used worldwide today.
Although the main target organ for CP is the nervous system triggering predominantly …

Influence of new generation fungicides on Saccharomyces cerevisiae growth, grape must fermentation and aroma biosynthesis

R Noguerol-Pato, A Torrado-Agrasar… - Food chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The influence of ten new generation fungicides (ametoctradin, benthiavalicarb-isopropyl,
boscalid, cyazofamid, dimethomorph, fenhexamid, kresoxim-methyl, mepanipyrim …

Aquatic ecotoxicity of the fungicide pyrimethanil: Effect profile under optimal and thermal stress conditions

A Seeland, J Oehlmann, R Müller - Environmental Pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
The aquatic ecotoxic profile of the fungicide pyrimethanil and its acute and chronic thermal
dependence in two aquatic invertebrates Chironomus riparius and Daphnia magna were …