Artemia Franciscana |
The Artemia franciscana toxicity test is a 24h Toxicity Screening assay of Pure Compounds - Contaminated Seawater and estuarine/marine Sediments, Effluents/Wastes released in Estuaries or coastal Waters, and detection of Biotoxins Product No. TK32 Each ARTOXKIT M contains all the materials necessary to perform six acute toxicity tests with the marine crustacean Artemia franciscana (formerly Artemia salina). Easy to follow instructions and detailed illustrations are provided in the kits for the conduct of range-finding and definitive tests. The test organisms are included in the kits as dormant eggs (cysts) which can easily be hatched on demand, in less than 24h, to supply the live biota for the conduct of the assays.Test criterion · The ARTOXKIT M is a 24h assay based on mortality of the test organisms, with calculation of the 24h LC50. Reproducibility · Cysts of high quality produced in strictly controlled conditions preclude variability associated with recruitment/ maintenance of live stocks in conventional bioassays. Cost-Effectiveness · Cysts can be hatched on demand, eliminating the need and the costs of continuous culturing and maintenance of test organisms. Contents · Tubes with cysts concentrated hatching and toxicant dilution medium, hatching and test containers and micropipettes for the transfer of the organisms. User-Friendliness · Simple handlings and scorings. Sensitivity · Comparable to that of various other estuarine/marine biota. Applications · One of the most euryhaline test species, which allows to perform bioassays on waters in a salinity ranging from 10ppt (brackish water) to 35ppt (seawater) |