We showed that organophosphorous pesticides induce adverse effects in non-nervous systems. The most important findings are that low concentrations of OP induce genotoxic and mitogenic effects in HepG2 cells, that they change phosphorylation of kinases involved in stress response and change expression of genes involved in stress response leading to changes in basic cellular processes involved in cancer initiation, and that they enhance genotoxicity of BaP by favouring its metabolism toward the pathway of formation of o-quinones and reactive oxygen species.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 244659456We showed that estrogens influence nitrification activity of microbial biofilms but not bacterial or nitrifier community structure. We also found high variability in nitrifier community structure on separate Kaldnes carriers which was comparable to temporal variability in microbial biofilms of industrial scale waste water treatment bioreactors and laboratory scale bioreactors treated with the real waste water or ammonium solution.
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