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6489241

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
During the years 1978-1981 both the European Economic Community (the EEC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the OECD) organized various interlaboratory comparison programs on standardized screening methods to study the biodegradability of chemicals in water. While the ring test results were generally rather heterogenous, one of the compounds studied, 4-nitrophenol, turned out to be particularly problematic as the compound was found either easily biodegradable or not biodegradable by various laboratories in various tests. This paper describes some more detailed studies on 4-nitrophenol degradation in two different tests, the modified OECD screening test (MOST test) and the Zahn-Wellens test, respectively. The test variables investigated include inoculum characteristics and pretreatment, test duration, and 4-nitrophenol concentration. The results are discussed in relation to toxicity and degradation pathways of 4-nitrophenol. It is concluded that in order to improve the comparability of results from standardized aquatic biodegradation tests, test strategies should allow the option of performing a test with a preadapted inoculum in the event of negative test results with freshly collected inocula. Increasing the inoculated concentration of microorganisms in some tests may also contribute to the attainment of more consistent test results.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0147-6513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
451-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Biodegradation of 4-nitrophenol in standardized aquatic degradation tests.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't