Microbics Corporation

Microbics Corporation 1992, Condensed Protocol for Basic Test, Using Organic Solvent Sample Solubilization. Microtox Manual, Vol. Ill Condensed Protocols, Carlsbad, CA 13, 226-232. 

Bioluminescent bacteria are exceptionally sensitive, and even trace quantities of toxins in water reduce the amount of light they emit. In 1979, this phenomenon was used to assess the degree of pollution in water samples, the intensity of the bioluminescent light of these bacteria being measured.34 A year later, the American company AZUR Environmental (formerly Microbics Corporation) manufactured the first specialist equipment—Microtox —for carrying out analyses of environmental samples. 

Microbics Corporation. 1992. Microtox Manual, Volumes 1-5. Microbics Corporation, Carlsbad, CA. 

Microbics (SDI) (1992) Microtox Manual. A Toxicity Testing Handbook, Volume III, Condensed Protocols. Microbics Corporation Carlsbad, CA1 (now SDI, Newark, DE). 

Testkits Microtox (Azur Environmental/SDI, formerly Microbics Corporation, USA), LUMIStox (Dr Lange, Germany), Biotox (Aboatox, Finland), ToxAlert (Merck, Germany). 

Testkits Mutatox (Azur Environmental, formerly Microbics Corporation, USA). 

Michaud, J.P., Bulich, A.A., Gandolfi, A J., and Brendel, K., Use of Bioluminescent Bacteria as a Model for Studying Interactive Toxicity , Microbics Corporation, California, 1990. 

Anthony Bulich, Microbics Corporation, 2232 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008, United States of America. 

A feasibility study on the potential use of a luminescent bacteria bioassay in the toxicity screening oftrichothecenes is presented. The toxic effects of four 12,13-epoxytrichothecenes to bioluminescent bacteria were determined for the first time using the Microtox " Toxicity Analyzer (TM Trademark of Microbics Corporation, Carlsbad, California). The influence of test temperature and exposure time on the toxic effect oftrichothecenes to the luminescent bacteria are discussed. The toxicities measured are compared with toxic effects determined using other bioassays. Potential relationships between the toxicities found and variations in the chemical structure of these compounds are considered. 

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