| evolution of biological effects of aznalcóllar mining spill in the algerian mouse (mus spretus) using biochemical biomarkers. | the status of guadiamar stream, polluted in 1998 by metals spilled from a pyrite tailings dam, was monitored from 1999 to 2001 to assess possible biological effects in terrestrial ecosystems of doñana national park (dnp) (andalusia, sw spain). the algerian mouse (mus spretus) was used as bioindicator at different guadiamar and doñana sites. eleven biochemical parameters, including the activities of antioxidative and biotransforming enzymes and oxidative damages to biomolecules, were assayed in l ... | 2004 | 15003323 |
| genotoxicity detected in wild mice living in a highly polluted wetland area in south western spain. | a field study was carried out in the south of the iberian peninsula in an industrial area in the neighbourhood of huelva city, sw spain, and in a natural area (doñana national park) for comparison, to estimate the genetic risk induced by environmental pollution in wild mice. genotoxic effects in a sentinel organism, the algerian mice (mus spretus) free living in the industrial area were compared with animals of the same species living in the natural protected area. the single cell gel electropho ... | 2008 | 17949869 |
| molecular screening of bartonella species in rodents from south western spain. | rodents (87 mus spretus and 10 rattus norvegicus) collected in a suburban area of seville (andalusia, spain) between september 2003 and april 2004 were tested by polymerase chain reaction for the presence of bartonella dna using primers amplifying a fragment of the 16s/23s rrna internal transcribed spacer (its). sequence analyses of the its of these bartonella demonstrated that rodents in this region harbored at least three strains: two bartonella genotypes detected in m. spretus, which clustere ... | 2008 | 18620508 |