Comparison between the short-term and the long-term toxicity of six triazine herbicides on photobacteria Q67

Water Res. 2009 Apr;43(6):1731-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.004. Epub 2009 Jan 22.

Abstract

The bioluminescence inhibition of six triazine herbicides including desmetryne (DES), simetryn (SIM), velpar (VEL), prometon (PRO), metribuzin (MET), and aminotriazine (AMI) on Vibrio qinghaiensis sp.-Q67 (Q67) was determined to investigate the effects of exposure duration on the ecotoxicological relevance of triazine herbicides. Based on the short-term microplate toxicity analysis (MTA), a long-term MTA was established to assess the impact of exposure time on the toxicities of the herbicides. The results show that the long-term toxicities of DES and SIM are similar to their short-term toxicities, and the long-term toxicities of VEL, PRO, and MET are higher than their short-term toxicities, while AMI without short-term toxicity has a high long-term toxicity. In addition, a parabolic relationship was found between the pEC(50) (the negative logarithm of the EC(50), log 1/EC(50)) and the logarithm of octanol-water partition coefficient (logK(ow)). To better understand their toxicity process, the time-dependent toxicities of the six herbicides on Q67 were determined over a period of 12 h during which measurements were taken every 30 min to generate an integral effect surface related to both concentration and duration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amitrole / toxicity
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Herbicides / toxicity*
  • Kinetics
  • Luminescence
  • Photobacterium / drug effects*
  • Triazines / toxicity*
  • Vibrio / drug effects*

Substances

  • Herbicides
  • Triazines
  • simetryn
  • prometone
  • semeron
  • hexazinone
  • Amitrole