Species of fly
Chironomus tentans Chironomidae (non-biting midges) in the order Diptera (true flies). Like several other species of Chironomidae, C. tentans can be easily and quickly cultivated in laboratories thanks to the species' short lifecycle. Their larvae make good candidates for toxicity tests.[ 1] [ 2]
References
^ Muscatello, Jorgelina R.; Liber, Karsten (16 January 2009). "Accumulation and chronic toxicity of uranium over different life stages of the aquatic invertebrate Chironomus tentans " . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . 57 (3): 531– 539. doi :10.1007/s00244-009-9283-1 . ISSN 0090-4341 . ^ Kutsenko, Alexey; Svensson, Thomas; Nystedt, Björn; Lundeberg, Joakim; Björk, Petra; Sonnhammer, Erik; Giacomello, Stefania; Visa, Neus; Wieslander, Lars (2014-09-27). "The Chironomus tentans genome sequence and the organization of the Balbiani ring genes" . BMC Genomics . 15 (1): 819. doi :10.1186/1471-2164-15-819 ISSN 1471-2164 . PMC 4192438 PMID 25261295 .
Further reading
Benoit, D.A., Sibley, P.K., Juenemann, J.L. and Ankley, G.T. (1997), Chironomus tentans life-cycle test: Design and evaluation for use in assessing toxicity of contaminated sediments
Martinez, E. A., et al. “Morphologic and growth responses in Chironomus tentans to arsenic exposure .” Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology , vol. 51, no. 4, Nov. 2006, pp. 529–36. EBSCOhost .
Savić-Zdravković, Dimitrija, et al. “An environmentally relevant concentration of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles induces morphological changes in the mouthparts of Chironomus tentans .” Chemosphere , vol. 211, Nov. 2018, pp. 489–99. EBSCOhost .
Tang, Guanghui, et al. “Comparison of gene expression profiles in the aquatic midge (Chironomus tentans ) larvae exposed to two major agricultural pesticides .” Chemosphere , vol. 194, Mar. 2018, pp. 745–54. EBSCOhost .
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