| toxicity of the antimicrobial compound triclosan and formation of the metabolite methyl-triclosan in estuarine systems. | triclosan, a commonly used antimicrobial compound, has been measured in aquatic systems worldwide. this study exposed marine species to triclosan to examine effects primarily on survival and to investigate the formation of the degradation product, methyl-triclosan, in the estuarine environment. acute toxicity was assessed using the bacterium vibrio fischeri, the phytoplankton species dunaliella tertiolecta, and three life stages of the grass shrimp palaemonetes pugio. p. pugio larvae were more s ... | 2008 | 18214910 |