title: Mutagenicity of filtrates from respirable coal fly ash.
abstract: Incubation of histidine-requiring auxotrophs of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium with cyclohexane-, saline-, and serum-soluble surface components of respirable fly ash particles produced an increased number of revertants in two frameshift tester strains. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that both organic and inorganic mutagens are present in coal fly ash.
authors.affiliation: Radiobiology Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Chrisp
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lammert
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D060729:Coal Ash; D004492:Edetic Acid; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D011210:Power Plants; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D060729:Coal Ash; D009153:Mutagens; D052638:Particulate Matter; D014131:Trace Elements; D002244:Carbon; D004492:Edetic Acid