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Comparison of the Ames test and a newly developed assay for detection of mutagenic pollution of marine environments.
Mutation research - 26 Aug 2002
Czyz Agata, Szpilewska Hanna, Dutkiewicz Rafał, Kowalska Wioletta, Biniewska-Godlewska Anna, Wegrzyn Grzegorz
Abstract excerpt
A new assay for detection of mutagenic pollution of marine environments, based on the use of a series of genetically modified Vibrio harveyi strains, was developed recently. Here, we compared this assay with a commonly used Ames test, employing mutants of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. We found that survival of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium in artificial marine water and in different samples of marine...
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