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Method and apparatus for detection of toxic substances in a sample

  • US 20040224379A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2002
  • Published: 11/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for detection of toxic substances in a sample, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) combining the sample with a living culture of Tetramitus rostratus in flagellate form, and (b)) monitoring the swimming behavior of the living culture of Tetramitus rostratus in the presence of the sample, wherein loss of coordination of swimming behavior of the Tetramitus rostratus is indicative of the presence of a toxic substance in the sample.

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