ISO 13829:2000

Water quality — Determination of the genotoxicity of water and waste water using the umu-test

This International Standard specifies a procedure which can be used to determine the genotoxicity1) of water and waste water using the umu-test. This assay is based on the detection of genotoxicity of a test sample which increases the expression of the SOSrepair system2) associated with the umuC-gene3).

SDO:

ISO

Language:

English

ICS Codes:

13.060.70

Status:

Published

Publish date:

2000-03-29

Standard Number:

ISO 13829:2000