EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON MICROORGANISMS

Microbial responses to chemicals manifest themselves in a variety of f orms depending on the chemical, the type of microorganism, the concent ration, the exposure time, and other chemical, physical, biological, a nd environmental factors. Barriers to quantifying the effects of chemi cals on microorganisms frequently are related to methodological or ana lytical limitations, Recent developments in methodologies used to eval uate chemical-microbial interactions are summarized in this paper. A b rief overview of recent studies on microbial responses to specific che micals is provided in tabular form categorized by chemical and microor ganism.