New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring

This special volume is the output of the 'International Symposium on New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring - Development - Applications - Cost-effectiveness' which was organized in June 1998 in Brno, Czech Republic. It comprises 60 original and peer-reviewed papers selected from over 100 oral and poster presentations given during this meeting by scientists from many countries worldwide. Features: Latest overview and state of the art of microscale bioassays with special emphasis on their application in various domains of environmental contamination; Reviews on toxicity testing with microbiotests in a regulatory framework; Description and application of microbiotests with lethal and sublethal test criteria, and of their sensitivity in comparison with conventional bioassays; Detailed reports on investigations with small-scale toxicity tests on natural waters, wastes, contaminated air, soils and sediments, specific chemicals and biotoxins; Application of new microbiotests for mutagenicity and genotoxicity screening; Critical evaluation of the potential of specific microbiotests as alternatives to conventional toxicity tests.Persoone, Guido is the author of 'New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring' with ISBN 9780306464065 and ISBN 0306464063.