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Traditional as well as biotechnological processing of coal leads to complex mixtures of products. Besides chemical and physical characterization, which provides the information for product application, there is a need for bioassays to monitor properties that are probably toxic, mutagenic or cancerogenic. Investigations carried out focused on the selection, adaptation and validation of bioassays for the sensitive estimation of toxic effects. Organisms like bacteria, Daphnia magna and Scenedesmus subspicatus, representing different complexities in the biosphere, were selected as test systems for ecotoxicological and mutagenicity studies. The results obtained indicate that bioassays are, in principle, suitable tools for characterization and evaluation of coal-derived substances and bioconversion products. Using coal products, coal-relevant model compounds and bioconversion products, data for risk assessment are presented.
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Received: 17 June 1998 / Received revison: 21 October 1998 / Accepted: 24 October 1998
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Schacht, S., Sinder, C., Pfeifer, F. et al. Bioassays for risk assessment of coal conversion products. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 52, 127–130 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051499
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051499