MicroBioTests Toxkits
There is an increasing awareness that environmental contaminants cannot be determined by just employing conventional chemical analysis. Increased interest in biological testing is growing rapidly and are being gradually incorporated in environmental legislation in many countries. Toxicity test responses reflect mixture effects of pollutants present in the sample. The results hence are an effective integration of the toxicity of all the individual toxic substances present in the tested samples, which many of these are unlikely to be detected by conventional analytical techniques.
The culture/maintenance independent small-scale tests were given the generic name TOXKITS to emphasize their availability in handy robust kits containing all the materials needed for rapid and user-friendly performance of the assays.
MicroBioTests line of Toxkits are as follows.
Toxicity Tests with Ciliate Protozoans
TK11 - Chronic PROTOXKIT F with Tetrahymena thermophila (freshwater tests - 6 tests per kit)
Toxicity Tests with Rotifers
TK21 - Acute ROTOKIT F with Brachionus calyciflorus (freshwater tests - 6 tests per kit)
TK22 - Acute ROTOKIT M with Brachionus plicatilits (estuarine/marine test - 6 tests per kit)
TK23 - Short-chronic ROTOXKIT F Brachionus calyciflorus (freshwater - 3 tests per kit)
Toxicity Tests with Crustaceans
TK31 - THAMNOTOXKIT F with Thamnocephalus platyurus (freshwater tests - 6 tests per kit)
TK32 - ARTOXKIT M with Artemia franciscana (estuarine/marine tests - 6 tests per kit)
TK33 - DAPHTOXKIT F magna with Daphnia magna (freshwater - 6 tests per kit)
TK35 - Acute CERIODAPHTOXKIT F with Ceriodaphnia dubia (freshwater - 6 tests per kit)
TK36 - OSTRACODTOXKIT F with Heterocypris incongruens (freshwater sediment 3-5 tests per kit)
TK37 - RAPIDTOXKIT with Thamnocephalus platyurus (freshwater tests - up to 45 tests per kit)
Toxicity Tests with Micro-Algae
TK41 - ALGALTOXKIT F with Selenastrum capricornutum (freshwater tests - 2 tests per kit)
TK42 - Marine ALGALTOXKIT with Phaeodactylum tricornutum (estuarine/marine tests - 2 tests per kit)
Toxicity Tests with Higher Plants
TK61 - PHYTOTOXKIT with seeds of 3 higher plants (1 monocotyl & 2 dicotyls)
TK62 - PHYTOTESTKIT with seeds of 3 higher plates (1 monocotyl & 2 dicotyls)
TK63 - SPIRODELA DUCKWEED TOXKIT with Spirodela polyrhiza (2 tests per kit)