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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Antibiotics

[Chloramphenicol] CAS[56-75-7]

Chemical formula

C11H12Cl2N2O5

Action Mode

A potent inhibitors of protein synthesis. (ref. ID; 7202)

Test organisms

Protozoa; Spirostomum ambiguum (ref. ID; 7202)

[Epigrisorixin (epimer of nigericin)]

Test organisms

Protozoa: Teterahymena pyriformis (ref. ID; 4855)

[Epinigericin (epimer of nigericin)]

Test organisms

Protozoa: Teterahymena pyriformis (ref. ID; 3351, 4762, 4855)

[Grisorixin]

Chemical formula

C29-CH3

Test organisms

Protozoa: Teterahymena pyriformis (ref. ID; 4855)

[Nigericin]

Chemical formula

C29-CH2OH

Test organisms

Protozoa: Teterahymena pyriformis (ref. ID; 3351, 4762, 4855)

[Polyether carboxylic antibiotics]

The use of these antibiotics in the food industry results in the release of substantial amounts into the environment. (ref. ID; 4855)