{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Choi S"],"funding":["Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute"],"pagination":["1618"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9687118"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A chemical analysis of water quality cannot detect some toxicants due to time constraints, high costs, and limited interactions for detection. Bioassays would offer a complementary means to assess pollution levels in water. <i>Euglena</i> is a flagellate green alga and an excellent system for toxicity testing thanks to its ease of culture, rapid growth, and quick response to environmental stresses. Herein, we examined the sensitivity of <i>E. agilis</i> to seven heavy metals by analyzing six end-point parameters: motility, velocity, cell compactness, upward swimming, <i>r</i>-value, and alignment. Notably, the velocity of <i>E. agilis</i> was most sensitive to cadmium (96.28 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), copper (6.51 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), manganese (103.28 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), lead (78.04 mg·L<sup>-1</"],"journal":["Biology"],"pubmed_title":["A Ten-Minute Bioassay to Test Metal Toxicity with the Freshwater Flagellate <i>Euglena agilis</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC9687118"],"funding_grant_id":["2022003050003"],"pubmed_authors":["Choi S","Park JT","Lee MS","Park J","Asselman J","Lee H","Heynderickx PM","Wu D","Depuydt S","Janssen C","Hader DP","Han T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Ten-Minute Bioassay to Test Metal Toxicity with the Freshwater Flagellate <i>Euglena agilis</i>.","description":"A chemical analysis of water quality cannot detect some toxicants due to time constraints, high costs, and limited interactions for detection. Bioassays would offer a complementary means to assess pollution levels in water. <i>Euglena</i> is a flagellate green alga and an excellent system for toxicity testing thanks to its ease of culture, rapid growth, and quick response to environmental stresses. Herein, we examined the sensitivity of <i>E. agilis</i> to seven heavy metals by analyzing six end-point parameters: motility, velocity, cell compactness, upward swimming, <i>r</i>-value, and alignment. Notably, the velocity of <i>E. agilis</i> was most sensitive to cadmium (96.28 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), copper (6.51 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), manganese (103.28 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>), lead (78.04 mg·L<sup>-1</","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-06-01T02:50:12.98Z","creation":"2025-06-01T02:50:12.98Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9687118","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36358319"],"doi":["10.3390/biology11111618"]}}