Refereed
Publications
Dutton, R. J., G. Bitton, B. Koopman and O. Agami. 1990. Inhibition
of b-galactosidase biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: Effect
of alterations of the outer membrane permeability on sensitivity to
environmental toxicants. Toxicity Assessment 5: 253-264.
Mazidji, C.N., B. Koopman and G. Bitton. 1992. Chelating resin
versus ion- exchange resin for heavy metal removal in toxicity
fractionation. Water Sci. Technol. 26: 189-196.
Mazidji, C.N., B. Koopman, G. Bitton and D. Neita. 1992. Distinction
between heavy metal and organic toxicity using EDTA chelation and
microbial assays. Environ. Toxicol. Water Qual. 7: 339-353.
Bitton, G., B. Koopman and O. Agami. 1992. MetPADTM: a bioassay for
rapid assessment of heavy metal toxicity in wastewater. Water
Environ. Res. 64: 834-836.
Bitton, G., M. Campbell and B. Koopman. 1992. MetPAD: A bioassay kit
for the specific determination of heavy metal toxicity in sediments
from hazardous waste sites. Environ. Toxicol. Water Qual. 7:
323-328.
de Vevey, E., G. Bitton, D. Rossel, L.D. Ramos, L. Munguia Guerrero
and J. Tarradellas. 1993. Concentration and bioavailability of heavy
metals insediments in Lake Yojoa (Honduras). Bull. Environ. Contam.
Toxicol. 50: 253-259.
Bitton, G., K. Jung and B. Koopman. 1994. Evaluation of a microplate
assay specific for heavy metal toxicity. Arch. Environ. Contam.
Toxicol. 27: 25-28.
Ayoub, G., B. Koopman, G. Bitton and K. Riedesel. 1995. Heavy metal
detoxification by trimercapto-s-triazine (TMT) as evaluated by a
bacterial enzyme assay. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14 (2): 193-196.
Kong, I-C., G. Bitton, B. Koopman and K. Jung. 1995. Heavy Metal
Toxicity Testing in Environmental Samples. Rev. Environ. Contam.
Toxicol. 142: 119- 147.
Jung, K., G. Bitton and B. Koopman. 1996. Selective assay for heavy
metal toxicity using a fluorogenic substrate. Environ. Toxicol. &
Chem. 15: 711-714.
Rossel, D., J. Tarradellas, G. Bitton and J.L. Morel. 1996. Use of
enzymes in soil ecotoxicology: A case for dehydrogenase and
hydrolytic enzymes. In: Soil Ecotoxicology, J. Tarradellas,
G. Bitton and D. Rossel, Eds., Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
Bitton, G., E. Garland, I.C. Kong, J.L. Morel and B. Koopman. 1996.
A Direct solid phase assay for heavy metal toxicity. I. Methodology.
J. Soil Contam. 5: 385-394.
Boularbah, A., J.L. Morel, G. Bitton, and M. Mench. 1996. A Direct
solid phase assay for heavy metal toxicity. II. Assessment of heavy
metal Immobilization in soils and bioavailability to plants. J. Soil
Contam. 5: 395-404..
Bitton, G. and J.L. Morel. 1998. Enzyme assays for the detection of
heavy metal toxicity, In: Microscale Aquatic Toxicology:
Advances, Techniques and Practice, P.G. Wells, K. Lee, and C.
Blaise, Eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Boularbah,
Ali, Gabriel Bitton, and J.L. Morel. 1999. Assessment of
metal contentoxicity of leachates from teapots. Science for
the Total Environment 227: 69-72.
Huang, Fenglei,
Gabriel Bitton, and In-Chul Kong. 1999. Determination
of the Heavy Metal Binding Capacity of Aquatic Samples Using
MetPLATE: A Preliminary Study. Science for the Total Environment
234:139-145.
Boularbah, Ali,
Gabriel Bitton, Jean Louis Morel, and Christophe Schwartz.
2000. Assessment of metal accumulation
in plants using MetPAD, a toxicity test specific for heavy metal
toxicity. Environ. Toxicol. 15: 449-455
Dousset, Sylvie, Jean Louis Morel, Astrid Jacobson and Gabriel
Bitton. 2001.
Copper binding capacity of root exudates of cultivated plants and
associated
weeds. Biol. Fertil. Soils 34: 230-234.
Bitton, G. 2002. Toxicity Testing in Wastewater Treatment Plants,
Using Microorganisms, In: Encyclopedia of Environmental
Microbiology, G. Bitton,
Editor-In-Chief, John Wiley & Sons, New York
Ward, Marnie,
Gabriel Bitton, Timothy Townsend and Matthew Booth.
2002. Toxicity of leachates from Florida municipal solid waste (MSW)
landfills, using a battery of tests approach. J. Environ.
Toxicol. 17: 258-266.
Jang, Y.-C. and T.G. Townsend, M. Ward and G. Bitton.
2002. Leaching of arsenic, chromium, and copper in a contaminated
soil at a wood preserving site. Bull. Environ. Contam.
Toxicol. 69: 808-816.
Kong, In-Chul
and Gabriel Bitton. 2003. Correlation between toxicity and
metal fractions of contaminated soils in Korea. Bull. Environ.
Contam. Toxicol. 70: 557-565.
Stook, K., B. Dubey, M. Ward, T. Townsend, G. Bitton, and H.
Solo-Gabriele. 2004. An evaluation of the heavy metal toxicity of
pressure-treated wood leachates with MetPLATE. Bull.
Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 73 (6): 987-994.
Gabriel
Bitton, Marnie Ward, and Roi Dagan. 2005. Determination of
the heavy metal binding capacity (HMBC) of environmental samples.
In: pp. 215-231,
Small-Scale Freshwater
Environment Toxicity
Test Methods,
Volume 2, C.
Blaise and J.F. Férard, editors,
Kluwer Academic
Publishers. N.Y.
Ward, Marnie, Gabriel Bitton and Timothy Townsend.
2005. Heavy metal binding capacity (HMBC) of municipal solid
waste landfill leachates. Chemosphere 60: 206-211.
Stook, Kristin, Thabet Tolaymat, Marnie Ward, Brajesh Dube, Timothy
Townsend, Helena Solo-Gabriele, and Gabriel Bitton. 2005.
Relative leaching and aquatic toxicity of pressure-treated wood
products using batch leaching tests. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:
155-163.
Dubey, B., T.
Townsend, G. Bitton, and H. Solo-Gabriele. 2005.
Comparison of temporal changes in metal leaching and aquatic
toxicity from wood treated with CCA and alternative preservatives.
36th
Annual Meeting of the Intern. Res. Group on Wood Protection,
Bangalore, India, 24-28 April, 2005
Dagan, Roi,
Gabriel Bitton, and Timothy Townsend. 2006. Metal Transport and
Bioavailability in Soil Contaminated with CCA-Treated Wood
Leachates. Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal
15: 61-72
Boularbah,
Ali, Christophe Schwartz, Gabriel Bitton and Jean Louis Morel. 2005.
Heavy metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 1.Use
of a biotest to assess metal toxicity of tailings and soils.
Chemosphere 63: 802-810.
Boularbah,
Ali, Christophe Schwartz, Gabriel Bitton, Wafae Aboudrar, Ahmed
Ouhammou, and Jean Louis Morel. 2005. Heavy metal
contamination from mining sites in south Morocco: 2. Assessment of
metal accumulation and toxicity in plants. Chemosphere 63:
811-817.
Dagan, R., and G. Bitton. 2005. Toxicological Approach for
assessing the heavy metal binding capacity of soils. Soil and
Sediment Contam. (In Press)
Dagan, R., B. Dubey, G. Bitton, and T. Townsend. 2007.
Aquatic toxicity of
leachates generated from electronic devices. Arch. Environ. Contam.
Toxicol. (In Press).
Dubey, B., T. Townsend, H. Solo-Gabriele, and G. Bitton. 2007.
Impact of surface water conditions on preservative leaching and
aquatic toxicity from treated wood. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 41
(10): 3781-3786.
Dagan, R., B. Dubey, G. Bitton, and T. Townsend. 2007. Aquatic
toxicity of leachates generated from electronic
devices. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53: 168-173.
Feng,
N. R. Dagan, and G. Bitton. 2007. Toxicological Approach for
assessing the heavy metal binding capacity of soils. Soil
and Sediment Contam. 16: 1-8.
Feng, N., G.
Bitton, P. Yeager, J.-C. Bonzongo, and A. Boularbah. 2007.
Heavy metal
removal from soils using magnetic separation: 1. Laboratory
experiments. CLEAN Soil, Air, Water 35 (4): 362-369.
El
Khalil, H., O. El Hamiani, G. Bitton, N. Ouazzani, and Ali Boularbah.
2008. Heavy
metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: Monitoring
metal content and toxicity of soil runoff and groundwater.
Environ. Monit. & Assess. 136: 147-160.
El
Khalil, H., O. El Hamiani, G. Bitton, N. Ouazzani, and Ali Boularbah.
2007. Heavy
metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 3.
Use of a biotest to assess
metal toxicity of soil-runoff and groundwater. Environ. Monitoring
Assess. (Submitted)
Abstracts and
Conference Proceedings
Jung, K., G. Bitton, and B. Koopman. 1994. A Rapid and Quantitative
Assay for Heavy Metal Toxicity in Aquatic Samples. Presented at the
58th Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, March 24-26,
1994, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL.
Huang, F., C. Kong, G. Bitton, and B. Koopman. 1994. Determination
of Heavy Metal Binding Capacity (HMBC) in Natural and Waste
Waters.Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy
of Sciences,March 24-26, 1994, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee,
FL.
Garland, E., I-C. Kong, G. Bitton, B. Koopman, and J.L. Morel. 1994.
A New Microbial Test for the Specific Determination of
Solids-Associated Heavy Metal Toxicity. Presented at the 58th Annual
Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, March 24-26, 1994,
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL.
Morel, J.L., E. Garland, G. Bitton and B. Koopman and I-C. Kong.
1994. A new microbial test for the specific determination of
solids-associated heavy metal toxicity. Presented at the 1994
Luxembourg International Symposium on the Rehabilitation of
Military Sites and Demilitarization of Explosive Ordnance.
Kirchberg, Luxembourg,November 14-18, 1994.
Bitton, Gabriel. 1994. Development of rapid test kits for measuring
heavy metal toxicity. Presented at the Workshop on Biosensors and
Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis, Ecole
Superieure de Physique et de Chimie de Paris, Paris, FRANCE,
September 12-14, 1994.
Jung, K., G. Bitton and B. Koopman. 1995. Fluorogenic
substrate-based MetPLATE , a toxicity test specific for heavy
metals. Proceeedings of the 1995 Spring Korean Environmental
Engineering Conference, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, May 19-20,
1995.
Kuo, E. and G. Bitton. 1995. Surface modification of particles:
Impact on removal of heavy metal toxicity. 59th Annual Meeting
Florida Acad. Sci. , Tampa, FL., May 19-20,
Hosy, C., J-L. Morel and G. Bitton. 1995. Microbiological test to
assess the bioavailability of metals to plants. Third Intern.
Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, May 15-19,
1995, Versailles, France
Jung, K., G. Bitton, and B. Koopman. 1995. Short-term fluorogenic
substrate-based microbial enzymatic toxicity test specific for heavy
metals. Poster presented at Annual Conference of Air & Waste
Management Association, San Antonio, TX, June 18-23, 1995.
Bitton, G. 1996. Microorganisms as tools for testing heavy metal
toxicity in wastewater effluents and biosolids (abstract). Presented
at the 8th. Inter. Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology
Division. Jerusalem, Israel, Aug. 18-23, 1996.
Kong, I.-C., G. Bitton, and F. Huang. 1996. Use of MetPLATE for the
determination of heavy metal binding capacity of environmental
samples: Preliminary investigation, 18th IAWQ international
conference, 23-28 June 1996, Singapore, p24 (P-EC02).
Bispo, A., M.J. Jourdain, M. Jauzein, C. Schwartz, C. Rothenflug,
J.L. Morel, and G. Bitton. 1996. Assessment of Soil Toxicity with
two microbiological tests. Presented at 4th European Conf.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Aug. 25-28, 1996, Metz,
France.
Dousset, S., J.L. Morel, and G. Bitton. 1996. Metal Binding capacity
of root exudates of cultivated plants and associated weeds.
Presented at 2nd. Intern. Symp. On "Effect of
Mineral-Organic-Microorganism Interactions on Soil and Freshwater
Environments", Sept. 3-6, 1996, Nancy, France.
Boularbah, Ali, J.L. Morel, C.
Schwartz, and G. Bitton. 1998. Use of MetPLATE for rapid assessment
of heavy metal toxicity in soils, sludges, and sediments.
Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Sciences, 20-26
August, 1998, Montpellier, France.
Boularbah, Ali, J.L. Morel, C. Schwartz, and G. Bitton. 1998.
Use of MetPLATE for rapid assessment of heavy metal toxicity in
soils, sludges, and sediments.
Proceedings of the 16th
World Congress of Soil Sciences, 20-26 August, 1998,
Montpellier, France.
Ward, M., G. Bitton, and T. Townsend. 1998. Toxicological
aspects of municipal solid waste
landfill leachates. Presented at the 1998 Southeastern Society of
Toxicology (SESOT) Conference "Interconnection between Ecological
and
Human Toxicology", Oct. 22-23, 1998, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL.
Bitton, G., A. Boularbah, J.-L. Morel, and C. Schwartz. 1999.
MetPLANT: A test for detecting metal-accumulating plants growing on
contaminated soils. Presented at the 9th. International Symposium on
Toxicity Assessment (ISTA 9), Pretoria, South Africa (Sept.
26-October 1, 1999).
Bitton, , I.C. Kong, J.L. Morel and F. Huang. 1999. Heavy metal
binding capacity of environmental samples, using MetPAD/MetPLATE.
Presented at the 9th. International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment
(ISTA 9), Pretoria, South Africa (Sept. 26-October 1, 1999).
Gabriel Bitton, Ali
Boularbah, A. Ouhammou, and Jean Louis Morel. 2001. Heavy Metal
Contamination Resulting from an Abandoned Mine in the Vicinity
of Marrakech, Morocco, presented at the SETAC-Europe meeting, May 5-
12, 2001, Madrid, Spain.
Gabriel Bitton,
Ali Boularbah and Marnie Ward. 2001. MetSTICK:
Direct Screening of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Solids, Using Immobized
Bacteria. Abstract
10th
International Symposium on Toxicity
Testing, August 2001, Quebec City, Canada
Kristin Stook, Marnie Ward, T. Townsend, G. Bitton,
and M. Booth. 2001. Toxicity Evaluation of Leachates from Preserved
Wood. Abstract 10th International
Symposium on Toxicity Testing, August 2001, Quebec
City, Canada
Ward, M., G. Bitton, T. Townsend, N. Denslow and M.
Booth. 2001.
Toxicological Aspects and Chemical Characterization of Leachates
from
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Florida. Abstract 10th
International
Symposium on Toxicity Testing, August 2001, Quebec City,
Canada
Boularbah A.,
C. Schwartz, W. Aboudrar, A. Ouhammou, G. Bitton et J. L.
Morel. Biotest pour la détermination rapide de
plantes acumulatrices ou hyperaccumulatrices de métaux.
Communicatrion présentée au 2ème colloque du GMRE,
Marrakech du 29 au 31 mai 2002
Boularbah, A., G.
Bitton, C. Schwartz, W. Aboudrar and J. L. Morel.
Assessment of Metal Accumulation in Plants Growing
on Contaminated Soils. Presented at 7th
Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace-Elements, 2003, 15-19
June,
Upsalla, Sweden.
El khalil, Hicham, Ouafae El Hamiani, Gabriel Bitton,
Naaila Ouazzani et Ali Boularbah.
2005.
Biotest Microbiologique MetPLATE pour évaluer la toxicité due aux
métaux lourds dans les ressources en eau au voisinage de deux
sites miniers situés dans la région de Marrakech. In :
Deuxième Congrès Méditerranéen Ressources en Eau
dans le Bassin Mediterraneen, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech,
November 14-17, 2005.
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MetPAD™/MetPLATE™
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methodologie pour evaluer les dangers et les risques lies aux
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Hosy, C. 1994. Determination de la toxicite des metaux lourds dans
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Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 60: 292-299.
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