Environmental Pollution Biomonitoring: Methods, Models, Applications and Characteristics
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 705
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Interests: influence of selected xenobiotics and plant-origin compounds on the metabolism and functioning of the human body at the cellular level with the use of molecular biology methodology
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Interests: use of molecular methods in assessing the quality of the natural environment, with particular emphasis on the soil microbiome; effect of contaminants on soil microbial community; soil bioremediation
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Interests: influence of selected environmental contaminants on the functioning of microorganisms in soil (soil, microbacterial activity, heavy metal, pesticides, PAHs, bioremediation)
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Interests: interactions of water fungi with speciation forms of heavy metals in various types of surface waters with various pollutants and the use of molecular biology methods: PCR ITS - RFLP and DNA sequencing using the Sanger method in the study of water fungi
Interests: dependencies between organic matter and bacteriology and mycoplankton and the use of molecular biology methods: PCR ITS - RFLP and DNA sequencing using the Sanger method in the study of water fungi
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is an urgent need for multidisciplinary approaches combining knowledge from different areas, such as engineering, environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry, microbiology, and toxicology. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect information regarding different approaches applied in order to assess the toxicity of potential environmental pollutants towards all aspects of the environment: water, soil, air, and living organisms. Physico-chemical methodology includes, among others, target and non-target approaches, suspect analysis, sum parameters, identification and monitoring of selected pollutants and their transformation products, and computational modeling. However, chemical analysis provides only a fraction of the information necessary to estimate the potential environmental toxicity of a substance or mixture of compounds. Therefore, the results of chemical analyses should be compared with the results of biological tests, and a variety of eco-toxicological methodologies should be included into global monitoring of environmentally relevant pollutants. They comprise both in vitro and in vivo bioassays. These bioassays utilize bacterial cells, animal and human cell lines, and algae, and they are based mainly on different cytotoxicity tests. Bacterial, fungal, algae, and mammalian cell lines are widely used to monitor exposure to environmental toxins. These tests are described as quick, simple, sensitive, and reliable. In vitro methods are preferred because of their lower cost and lack of ethical concerns compared to in vivo experiments. In vitro biological assays range from the simplest cytotoxicity tests, through more complex genetic engineering methods, to the most complex biomarker studies. However, the most difficult problem is still the extrapolation of in vitro test results to organisms and ecosystems.
This collection of articles will include the most relevant work in the area of environmental pollution biomonitoring with the use of the latest methodologies applied. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes comprehensive reviews and original research papers addressing the following topics:
- Environmental pollution analysis
- Biological in vitro models in toxicology
- Chemical analysis in toxicology
Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Wołejko
Dr. Agata Jabłońska-Trypuć
Dr. Urszula Wydro
Dr. Adam Cudowski
Dr. Anna Pietryczuk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Environmental pollution
- Biomonitoring
- Ecotoxicology
- Bacterial cells
- Fungi cells
- Algae
- Human and animal cell lines
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