TETRATOX database
| Knowledge Source Identification | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge source name | TETRATOX database |
| Owner/Developer | The University of Tennessee |
| Country | United States of America |
| Languages | English |
| URL | http://www.vet.utk.edu/TETRATOX/index.php |
| Contact email | tschultz@utk.edu |
| Description | The TETRATOX database is a collection of toxic potency data for more than 2,400 industrial organic compounds of which more than 1,600 have been published. The assay {Schultz, T.W. 1997. TETRATOX: Tetrahymena pyriformis population growth impairment endpoint-A surrogate for fish lethality. Toxicol. Methods 7: 289-309}is a short-term, static protocol using the common freshwater ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis (strain GL-C). The 50% impairment growth concentration (IGC50) is the recorded endpoint. |
| Knowledge Source Category | |
| Category | Information System |
| Sub categories | Database |
| Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing | |
| Dissemination channel | Website |
| Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) | Not specified |
| Users access | Open access |
| Knowledge Characterization | |
| 3Rs relevance | Replacement |
| Purpose | Documentation and information |