Abstract

Incubation of Salmonella typhimurium strains in an atmosphere of 0.2% gaseous acrylonitrile increased the numbers of his+ revertants/plate only in the presence of a fortified S9 liver fraction. The mutagenic effect was particularly pronounced with strains TA1530, TA1535 and TA1950 and much weaker with strains TA100, TA98 and TA1978. The results of bacterial fluctuation tests confirmed the necessity of the presence of S9 mix and showed the particular sensitivity of TA1530. The reversion rate varied with the S9 mix composition, the animal species utilized and the type of pretreatments applied to the animals. The mutagenicity of acrylonitrile in S. typhimurium is therefore microsome-mediated and is particularly discernable with strains sensitive to base-substitution mutagens.

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