Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving viable micro-organism
Patent
1998-09-16
2000-11-21
Tate, Christopher
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving viable micro-organism
435 4, 435967, 435975, C12Q 100, C12Q 102, G01N 3353
Patent
active
061501263
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a Daphnia reproductive bioassay for detecting and confirming the presence of a toxic substance in an aqueous sample, and/or for screening the substance as an endocrine disrupter. According to the assay, a test sample is brought into contact with adult, oviporous Daphnia of a single clone under conditions of crowding and growth conditions to stimulate sexual reproduction and the production of males. The bioassay is based upon the measurement of endpoints that convey quantitative information about the biological activity of the substance: survivorship, numbers of female offspring, numbers of male offspring, number of resting eggs, number of offspring that display developmental deformities or behavioral abnormalities, and nutritional status of the offspring. Also provided are kits for use in conducting the bioassay.
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Dodson Stanley I.
Merritt Christine M.
Redman Kristin Girvin
Shurin Jonathan B.
Tate Christopher
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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