Testing quality of sea water from the Adriatic coast of Croatia with toxicity, genotoxicity and DNA integrity tests

Bihari, Nevenka; Mičić, Milena; Fafanđel, Maja; Jakšić, Željko; Batel, Renato (2004) Testing quality of sea water from the Adriatic coast of Croatia with toxicity, genotoxicity and DNA integrity tests. Acta Adriatica, 45 (1). pp. 75-81. ISSN 0001-5113

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Abstract

The quality of sea water along the Adriatic coast of Croatia was evaluated three times during 1.5 years at 16 sites located in protected, urban, industrial, harbor or brackish areas. Samples of sea water (30 l) were tested by the Microtox test for toxicity and the umu-test for genotoxicity. Samples of mussel gills (5 individuals, Mytilus galloprovincialis) were collected from each sampling site and the Fast Micromethod® was used to test DNA integrity, which may have been altered by water contaminants. According to the Microtox text, 75% of the water samples were potentially toxic. According to the umu-test, 40% were potentially genotoxic. Alteration of DNA integrity was detected in 40% of the mussel gill samples.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Toxicity; genotoxicity; DNA damage; Microtox; SOS/umu-test; Fast Micromethod®
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Center for Marine Research
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Programirane biosinteze i genotoksični rizik Renato Batel 0098114 MZOS
Depositing User:	Nevenka Bihari
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2013 12:23
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/1029

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