Toxins from wastewater

Effluent test results support the use of Microtox as part of a test battery. Uniform response of sublethal effects to 50 effluents from pulp and paper mills was obtained with the Microtox test compared to the results with fish and algae, which varied greatly with age and genetic variation within the population. Microtox has also been used to detect other sublethal effects (e.g., chronic toxicity). For example, the bacterial response can be used to quantify the stress on the immunological defense systems of mussels exposed to toxins in polluted rivers or wastewaters. In... 

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