 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
Gao,
Jie, Jean-Claude Bonzongo, Gabriel Bitton, Ying Li, and Chang-Yu Wu.
2008. Nanowastes and the
environment: Using mercury as an example
pollutant
to assess the environmental fate of chemicals adsorbed onto manufactured nanomaterials. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27: 808-810.
Kopelevich
D.I., Bonzongo J.C., Tasseff R.A., Gao J., Ban Y.M., and G. Bitton. (2008).Potential
Toxicity of Fullerenes and Molecular Modeling of their Transport across Lipid Membranes.
In “ Nanoscience and Nanotechnology:
Environmental and Health Impacts” V. Grassian, Ed. pp: 233-260.
Jie
Gao, Sejin Youn, Anna Hovsepyan, Verónica L. Llaneza, Yu
Wang, Gabriel Bitton, and Jean-Claude J. Bonzongo. 2009. Dispersion and Toxicity of Selected Manufactured Nanomaterialsin Natural River Water Samples: Effects of Water Chemicalcomposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (9):
3322-3328.
Sejin
Youn, Randy Wang, Jie Gao, Kirk J. Ziegler, Gabriel Bitton, and Jean-
Claude
Bonzongo (2009). Hormetic Response of a Primary Producer to Single-Walled
Carbon Nanotube Suspensions. Environmental
Science & Technol.
(in review)
El
Khalil, H., O. El Hamiani, G. Bitton, N. Ouazzani, and Ali Boularbah. 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.
Jie
Gao, Sejin Youn, Gabriel Bitton, and Jean-Claude J. Bonzongo (2008). Toxicity of manufactured nanomaterials dispersed in
natural waters of different chemical
composition: Effects of ionic strength and dissolved organic carbon content.
SETAC, Tampa, FL. 16-20 November 2008.
Sejin
Youn, Randy Wang, Jie Gao, Kirk J. Ziegler, Gabriel Bitton, and Jean-
Claude Bonzongo
(2008). Growth stimulation and inhibition of a freshwater
algae
exposed to increasing concentrations of single-walled carbon nanotubes
SETAC, Tampa, 16-20 November 2008.
El
Hamiani O., H. El Khalil, K., Lounate, G. Bitton, and A. Boularbah. 2009. Biotest
basé sur l’activité enzymatique des bactéries immobilisées sur un support
solide pour évaluer in situ
la toxicité due aux polluants métalliques.
Presented
at the 3rd. International Congress of Biochemistry, Marrakech, Morocco April 20-25, 2009
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dangers et les risques lies aux materiaux solides contamines. These de Doctorat de
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Hosy, C. 1994. Determination de la toxicite des metaux lourds dans les sols par le test
microbiologique MetPLATE. Rapport de DEA "Sciences Agronomiques", ENSAIA-INPL,
Vandoeuvres-les-Nancy, FRANCE.
Janssen, C, 1997. Alternative assays for routine toxicity assessments: A review. pp.
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Schwartz, C., A. Bispo, C. Rothenflug, M.J. Jourdain, M. Jauzein, and J.L. Morel. 1996.
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