10.25405/data.ncl.9938198.v1 Amelie Irmgard Gerlinde Ott Amelie Irmgard Gerlinde Ott Timothy J. Martin Timothy J. Martin Kishor Acharya Kishor Acharya Nik Robinson Nik Robinson Bob Rowles Bob Rowles Jason R Snape Jason R Snape Ian Still Ian Still Graham F Whale Graham F Whale Vurtice C. Albright III Vurtice C. Albright III Petra Bäverbäck Petra Bäverbäck Nicola Best Nicola Best Ruth Commander Ruth Commander Curtis Eickhoff Curtis Eickhoff Sarah Finn Sarah Finn Björn Hidding Björn Hidding Heiko Maischak Heiko Maischak Katherine A. Sowders Katherine A. Sowders Masanori Taruki Masanori Taruki Helen E. Walton Helen E. Walton Aina Charlotte Wennberg Aina Charlotte Wennberg Russell J. Davenport Russell J. Davenport Delina Lyon Delina Lyon Results from a multi-laboratory validation of a new marine biodegradation screening test for chemical persistence assessment Newcastle University 2019 OECD 306 Biodegradation screening test Persistence assessment Tangential flow filtration REACH Marine Seawater Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified 2019-12-11 14:32:40 Dataset https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Results_from_a_multi-laboratory_validation_of_a_new_marine_biodegradation_screening_test_for_chemical_persistence_assessment/9938198 International ring test with 13 laboratories validated a new test for marine biodegradation with a focus on more reliable persistence screening.<div><br></div><div>New test (imBSTMR) incorporates increased bacterial cell numbers and runs beyond 60 days.</div><div><br></div><div>New test provides a more reliable and less variable characterisation of the biodegradation of five reference compounds (sodium benzoate, triethanolamine, 4-nitrophenol, anionic polyacrylamide, pentachlorophenol), with respect to non-persistence thresholds, than the current OECD 306 method.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information on the methods and results, please see the paper Ott et al., 2020, Multi-laboratory validation of a new marine biodegradation screening test for chemical persistence assessment - manuscript submitted for publication</div>