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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Cochliopodium bilimbosum

[ref. ID; 1327]

Test systems

24-hr acute toxicity and cross-resistance

Strains

ATCC (Rockville, Md.; #30937)

Toxicants

Potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate (MBC 350), 5% tributyl-tin neodecanoate with quaternary ammonium compounds (MBC 120), 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (MBC 215), poly [oxyethylene (dimethyliminio) ethylene (dimethyliminio) ethylene dichoride] (MBC 115).

Test design

Tris-buffered saline solution (2 mM KCl, 1 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM Tris), pH 6.8-7.2. Temperature 25+/-1 degrees C.

Measurements/obsevations

Population density.

Evaluations

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC).