title: An improved brine shrimp larvae lethality microwell test method.
abstract: This article described an improved brine shrimp larvae lethality microwell test method. A simply designed connecting vessel with alternative photoperiod was used to culture and collect high yield of active Artemia parthenogenetica nauplii for brine shrimp larvae lethality microwell test. Using this method, pure A. parthenogenetica nauplii suspension was easily cultured and harvested with high density about 100-150 larvae per milliliter and the natural mortality was reduced to near zero by elimination of unnecessary artificial disturbance. And its sensitivity was validated by determination of LC(50)-24 h of different reference toxicants including five antitumor agents, two pesticides, three organic pollutants, and four heavy metals salts, most of which exhibited LC(50)-24 h between 0.07 and 58.43 mg/L except for bleomycin and mitomycin C with LC(50)-24 h over 300 mg/L.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, Liaoning, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Jinyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000633:toxicity; D001156:Artemia / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000633:toxicity; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity; D017440:Photoperiod; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D018675:Toxicity Tests / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D010575:Pesticides