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).

Edition	2000
Published Date	2000
Published By	International Standardization Organisation
Page Count	18