Finally, faeces can also be used to study the diet of vertebrates (either by traditional microscopy or metagenomic techniques: [80,81,82,83]) and to screen for the presence of pollutants or toxic compounds by analytical chemistry [84,85]. For studies at the population-level or disease ...
However, the following are the disadvantages of the majority of the approaches listed above: (i) intricate procedures; (ii) expensive initial investment and ongoing maintenance costs; (iii) development of secondary pollutant such as toxic sludge; and (iv) generation of by-products with higher ...
This concept of “battery of tests within a test” (Wadhia & Thompson, 2007) allows to get a toxicity index representing the global response of the test microorganisms (generally the most sensitive) to a given xenobiotic or environmental sample or to get a unique “toxic fingerprint” for ...
I have these ensembles serving a higher goal. Sensitives are abundant on the planet; they just aren’t given credit for it. To be drunk while also being non-toxic and non-harmful to the world is a contribution worth making, a song worth singing...
Chitin and chitosan are non-toxic and inexpensive. Applications of chitin and chitosan include stem cell technology, drug and gene delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering, cosmetics, food industry, heavy metals removal, antimicrobial activity [55]. Fish scales are used in biocomposite materials e...
lethal to these sensitive strains, but importantly, feeding purified R bodies is not [86]. This suggests that the R body itself is not toxic; rather, it acts as a delivery system for a co-expressed toxin. Fig. 5 R-bodies transition between two states.aType 51 R bodies reversibly ...
Introduction: Toxic heavy metals and metalloids are biohazards, which are known to contaminate the environment. These environmental contaminants are geologically distributed in several ecosystems and are eventually bioaccumulated in native habitats of the respective biomes. The aim of our research is to...
Geospatial Deposition of Toxic Heavy Metals and Metalloids between a Pond and the Associated Agricultural Ecosystem in a Non-Industrialized Rural Area in West Bengal, Indiadoi:10.3390/proceedings2024102029Introduction: Toxic heavy metals and metalloids are biohazards, which are known to contaminate the ...
Nevertheless, as mainly toxic constituents of crude oil, PAHs could enhance ROS production during their biotransformation reactions and metabolism, which would disrupt the balance of production and/or elimination of ROS and inevitably cause an increase in oxidative stress in the internal environment of ...
However, the following are the disadvantages of the majority of the approaches listed above: (i) intricate procedures; (ii) expensive initial investment and ongoing maintenance costs; (iii) development of secondary pollutant such as toxic sludge; and (iv) generation of by-products with higher ...