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Preparation and Testing of Impedance-based Fluidic Biochips with RTgill-W1 Cells for Rapid Evaluation of Drinking Water Samples for Toxicity
Published on: March 7, 2016
[Rapid detection of toxic substances in water with ToxY-PAM]
1Institute of Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100021, China.
Abstract:
A new type of dual-channel PAM fluorometer (ToxY-PAM) was developed for highly sensitive detection of toxic substances in water samples. In conjunction with suspension of unicellular algae as the biotest material, the ToxY-PAM provided a highly rapid and sensitive bioassay test system for the detection of toxic substances in water samples, which could directly or indirectly produce the inhibition of photosynthetic activity in algae. The development process of the detection of toxic substances in water with fluorescence technique, the basic principle and operation of the ToxY-PAM were reviewed in this paper.
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