Features:
- Latest overview and state of the art of microscale bioassays with special emphasis on their application in various domains of environmental contamination;
- Reviews on toxicity testing with microbiotests in a regulatory framework;
- Description and application of microbiotests with lethal and sublethal test criteria, and of their sensitivity in comparison with conventional bioassays;
- Detailed reports on investigations with small-scale toxicity tests on natural waters, wastes, contaminated air, soils and sediments, specific chemicals and biotoxins;
- Application of new microbiotests for mutagenicity and genotoxicity screening;
- Critical evaluation of the potential of specific microbiotests as alternatives to conventional toxicity tests.