11.06: Biological Effects and Environmental Fate; Biotechnology
ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) has published a complete collection of their standards for some time. This collection is divided into Sections and Volumes by subject classification for increased useability.
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The following documents are a part of this series:
- ASTM-D2667 - Standard Test Method for Biodegradability of Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-D3696 - Standard Practice for Evaluating an Effluent for Flavor Impairment to Fish Flesh (Withdrawn 2006)
- ASTM-D3731 - Standard Practices for Measurement of Chlorophyll Content of Algae in Surface Waters
- ASTM-D3978 - Standard Practice for Algal Growth Potential Testing with
Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata - ASTM-D4132 - Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton with Conical Tow Nets (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4133 - Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton with Pumps (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4134 - Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton with a Clarke-Bumpus Plankton Sampler (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4135 - Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton With Depth-Integrating Samplers (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4136 - Standard Practice for Sampling Phytoplankton with Water-Sampling Bottles (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4137 - Standard Practice for Preserving Phytoplankton Samples (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4148 - Standard Test Method for Analysis of Phytoplankton in Surface Water by the Sedgwick-Rafter Method (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4149 - Standard Classification for Sampling Phytoplankton in Surface Waters (Withdrawn 2020)
- ASTM-D4211 - Standard Guide for Fish Sampling
- ASTM-D4342 - Standard Practice for Collecting of Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Ponar Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4343 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Ekman Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4344 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic-Macroinvertebrates with Smith-McIntyre Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4345 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Van Veen Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4346 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Okean 50 Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2004)
- ASTM-D4347 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Shipek (Scoop) Grab Sampler
- ASTM-D4348 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Home (Scoop) Grab Sampler
- ASTM-D4387 - Standard Guide for Selecting Grab Sampling Devices for Collecitng Benthic Macroinvertebrates (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4401 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates With Petersen Grab Sampler
- ASTM-D4407 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates With Orange Peel Grab Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4556 - Standard Guide for Selecting Stream-Net Sampling Devices for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-D4557 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Surber and Related Type Samplers (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1022 - Standard Guide for Conducting Bioconcentration Tests with Fishes and Saltwater Bivalve Mollusks
- ASTM-E1023 - Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
- ASTM-E1055 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Eye Irritation in Albino Rabbits (Withdrawn 2010
- ASTM-E1103 - Standard Test Method for Determining Subchronic Dermal Toxicity (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E1117 - Standard Practice for Design of Fuel-Alcohol Manufacturing Facilities (Withdrawn 2009)
- ASTM-E1126 - Standard Terminology Relating to Biomass Fuels (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1147 - Standard Test Method for Partition Coefficient (N-Octanol/Water) Estimation by Liquid Chromatography (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1148 - Standard Test Method for Measurements of Aqueous Solubility (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1163 - Standard Test Method for Estimating Acute Oral Toxicity in Rats
- ASTM-E1191 - Standard Guide for Conducting Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests with Saltwater Mysids
- ASTM-E1192 - Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Aqueous Ambient Samples and Effluents with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
- ASTM-E1193 - Standard Guide for Conducting
Daphnia magna Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests - ASTM-E1194 - Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure
- ASTM-E1195 - Standard Test Method for Determining a Sorption Constant (Koc) for an Organic Chemical in Soil and Sediments (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1197 - Standard Guide for Conducting a Terrestrial Soil-Core Microcosm Test
- ASTM-E1198 - Standard Practice for Sampling Zooplankton with Pumps
- ASTM-E1199 - Standard Practice for Sampling Zooplankton with a Clarke-Bumpus Plankton Sampler
- ASTM-E1200 - Standard Practice for Preserving Zooplankton Samples
- ASTM-E1201 - Standard Practice for Sampling Zooplankton with Conical Tow Nets
- ASTM-E1203 - Standard Practice for
Using Brine Shrimp Nauplii as Food for Test Animals in Aquatic Toxicology (Withdrawn 2013) - ASTM-E1218 - Standard Guide for Conducting Static Toxicity Tests with Microalgae
- ASTM-E1241 - Standard Guide for
Conducting Early Life-Stage Toxicity Tests with Fishes - ASTM-E1242 - Standard Practice for Using Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient to Estimate Median Lethal Concentrations for Fish Due to Narcosis
- ASTM-E1279 - Standard Test Method for Biodegradation By a Shake-Flask Die-Away Method (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1285 - Standard Guide for Identification of Bacteriophage Lambda (λ) or Its DNA (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1286 - Standard Guide for Identification of Herpes Simplex Virus or Its DNA (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1287 - Standard Practice for Aseptic Sampling of Biological Materials (Withdrawn 2008)
- ASTM-E1288 - Standard Test Method for The Durability of Biomass Pellets (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1291 - Standard Test Method for Conducting a Saturated Vapor Inhalation Study with Rats (Withdrawn 2009)
- ASTM-E1294 - Standard Test Method for Pore Size Characteristics of Membrane Filters Using Automated Liquid Porosimeter (Withdrawn 2008)
- ASTM-E1295 - Standard Guide for Conducting Three-Brood, Renewal Toxicity Tests with
Ceriodaphnia dubia - ASTM-E1298 - Standard Guide for Determination of Purity, Impurities, and Contaminants in Biological Drug Products (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1342 - Standard Practice for Preservation by Freezing, Freeze-Drying, and Low Temperature Maintenance of Bacteria, Fungi, Protista, Viruses, Genetic Elements, and Animal and Plant Tissues (Withdrawn 2011)
- ASTM-E1343 - Standard Test Method for Molecular Weight Cutoff Evaluation of Flat Sheet Ultrafiltration Membranes
- ASTM-E1344 - Standard Guide for Evaluation of Fuel Ethanol Manufacturing Facilities (Withdrawn 2009)
- ASTM-E1357 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Rate of Bioleaching of Iron From Pyrite by Thiobacillus Ferrooxidans
- ASTM-E1358 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Moisture Content of Particulate Wood Fuels Using a Microwave Oven
- ASTM-E1366 - Standard Practice for Standardized Aquatic Microcosms: Fresh Water
- ASTM-E1367 - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Estuarine and Marine Invertebrates
- ASTM-E1372 - Standard Test Method for Conducting a 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Rats (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E1373 - Standard Test Method for Conducting a Subchronic Inhalation Toxicity Study in Rats (Withdrawn 2009)
- ASTM-E1391 - Standard Guide for Collection, Storage, Characterization, and Manipulation of Sediments for Toxicological Testing and for Selection of Samplers Used to Collect Benthic Invertebrates
- ASTM-E1415 - Standard Guide for Conducting Static Toxicity Tests With
Lemna gibba G3 - ASTM-E1439 - Standard Guide for Conducting the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus (FETAX)
- ASTM-E1440 - Standard Guide for Acute Toxicity Test with the Rotifer Brachionus (Withdrawn 2021)
- ASTM-E1463 - Standard Guide for Conducting Static and Flow-Through Acute Toxicity Tests With Mysids From the West Coast of the United States (Withdrawn 2021)
- ASTM-E1468 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with the Basket Sampler (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1469 - Standard Practice for Collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates with Multiple-Plate Samplers (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1470 - Standard Test Method for Characterization of Proteins by Electrophoretic Mobility (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1483 - Standard Test Method for Assessing Developmental Toxicity in Rats and Rabbits (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E1493 - Standard Guide for Identification of Bacteriophage M13 or Its DNA (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1498 - Standard Guide for Conducting Sexual Reproduction Tests with Seaweeds (Withdrawn 2021)
- ASTM-E1525 - Standard Guide for Designing Biological Tests with Sediments
- ASTM-E1531 - Standard Practice for Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination of Cell Cultures by Growth on Agarose Medium (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1532 - Standard Practice for Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination of Cell Cultures by Use of Bisbenzamide DNA-Binding Fluorochrome (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1533 - Standard Practice for Indirect Detection of Mycoplasma in Cell Culture by 4`-6-Diamidino-2-2 Phenylindole (DAPI) Staining (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1534 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Ash Content of Particulate Wood Fuels
- ASTM-E1535 - Standard Test Method for Performance Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Systems (Withdrawn 2011)
- ASTM-E1536 - Standard Practice for Detection of Mycoplasma Contamination of Bovine Serum by Large Volume Method (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1562 - Standard Guide for Conducting Acute, Chronic, and Life-Cycle Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids
- ASTM-E1563 - Standard Guide for Conducting Short-Term Chronic Toxicity Tests with Echinoid Embryos
- ASTM-E1564 - Standard Guide for Design and Maintenance of Low-Temperature Storage Facilities for Maintaining Cryopreserved Biological Materials
- ASTM-E1565 - Standard Guide for Inventory Control and Handling of Biological Material Maintained at Low Temperatures
- ASTM-E1566 - Standard Guide for Handling Hazardous Biological Materials in Liquid Nitrogen
- ASTM-E1567 - Standard Guide for Biopharmaceutical Facilities Architectural Design Considerations (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E1598 - Standard Practice for Conducting Early Seedling Growth Tests (Withdrawn 2003)
- ASTM-E1604 - Standard Guide for Behavioral Testing in Aquatic Toxicology
- ASTM-E1611 - Standard Guide for Conducting Sediment Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids
- ASTM-E1619 - Standard Test Method for Chronic Oral Toxicity Study in Rats
- ASTM-E1624 - Standard Guide for Chemical Fate in Site-Specific Sediment/Water Microcosms (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1625 - Standard Test Method for Determining Biodegradability of Organic Chemicals in Semi-Continuous Activated Sludge (SCAS) (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1676 - Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity or Bioaccumulation Tests with the Lumbricid Earthworm Eisenia Fetida and the Enchytraeid Potworm Enchytraeus albidus
- ASTM-E1688 - Standard Guide for Determination of the Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants by Benthic Invertebrates
- ASTM-E1690 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Ethanol Extractives in Biomass
- ASTM-E1705 - Standard Terminology Relating to Biotechnology
- ASTM-E1706 - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates
- ASTM-E1711 - Standard Guide for Measurement of Behavior During Fish Toxicity Tests
- ASTM-E1720 - Standard Test Method for Determining Ready, Ultimate, Biodegradability of Organic Chemicals in a Sealed Vessel CO2 Production Test (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1721 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Acid-Insoluble Residue in Biomass
- ASTM-E1733 - Standard Guide for Use of Lighting in Laboratory Testing
- ASTM-E1755 - Standard Test Method for Ash in Biomass
- ASTM-E1756 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Solids in Biomass
- ASTM-E1757 - Standard Practice for Preparation of Biomass for Compositional Analysis
- ASTM-E1758 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbohydrates in Biomass by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- ASTM-E1768 - Standard Guide for Ventilatory Behavioral Toxicology Testing of Freshwater Fish (Withdrawn 2022)
- ASTM-E1772 - Standard Test Method for Particle Size Distribution of Chromatography Media by Electric Sensing Zone Technique
- ASTM-E1798 - Standard Test Method for Assessing Treatability or Biodegradability, or Both, of Organic Chemicals in Porous Pots (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1811 - Standard Test Method for Oncogenicity Study in Rats and Mice (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E1821 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbohydrates in Biomass by Gas Chromatography
- ASTM-E1841 - Standard Guide for Conducting Renewal Phytotoxicity Tests With Freshwater Emergent Macrophytes (Withdrawn 2021)
- ASTM-E1847 - Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests Conducted Under ASTM Guidelines (Withdrawn 2022)
- ASTM-E1849 - Standard Guide for Fish and Wildlife Incident Monitoring and Reporting (Withdrawn 2022)
- ASTM-E1850 - Standard Guide for Selection of Resident Species as Test Organisms for Aquatic and Sediment Toxicity Tests
- ASTM-E1853M - Standard Guide for Measuring the Presence of Planar Organic Compounds Which Induce CYP1A, Using Reporter Gene Test Systems (Withdrawn 2012)
- ASTM-E1873 - Standard Guide for Detection of Nucleic Acid Sequences by the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E1913 - Standard Guide for Conducting Static, Axenic, 14-Day Phytotoxicity Tests in Test Tubes with the Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte, Myriophyllum sibiricum Komarov (Withdrawn 2012)
- ASTM-E1923 - Standard Guide for Sampling Terrestrial and Wetlands Vegetation (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1924 - Standard Guide for Conducting Toxicity Tests with Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E1963 - Standard Guide for Conducting Terrestrial Plant Toxicity Tests
- ASTM-E2045 - Standard Practice for Detailed Clinical Observations of Test Animals
- ASTM-E2048 - Standard Guide for Detection of Nucleic Acids of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria by the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique (Withdrawn 2014)
- ASTM-E2097 - Standard Guide for Determining the Impact of Extractables from Non-Metallic Materials on the Safety of Biotechnology Products (Withdrawn 2022)
- ASTM-E2122 - Standard Guide for Conducting In-situ Field Bioassays With Caged Bivalves
- ASTM-E2146 - Standard Guide for Detection of Nucleic Acid Sequences of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV-1 by the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E2170 - Standard Test Method for Determining Anaerobic Biodegradation Potential of Organic Chemicals Under Methanogenic Conditions (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E2172 - Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity Tests with the Nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans - ASTM-E2186 - Standard Guide for Determining DNA Single-Strand Damage in Eukaryotic Cells Using the Comet Assay
- ASTM-E2317 - Standard Guide for Conducting Renewal Microplate-Based Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests with a Marine Meiobenthic Copepod (Withdrawn 2021)
- ASTM-E2385 - Standard Guide for Estimating Wildlife Exposure Using Measures of Habitat Quality
- ASTM-E2455 - Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Freshwater Mussels
- ASTM-E2552 - Standard Guide for Assessing the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of New Compounds for Military Use
- ASTM-E2590 - Standard Guide for Conducting Hazard Analysis-Critical Control Point (HACCP) Evaluations
- ASTM-E2591 - Standard Guide for Conducting Whole Sediment Toxicity Tests with Amphibians
- ASTM-E3072 - Standard Terminology for Industrial Biotechnology
- ASTM-E3214 - Standard Classification for Industrial Microorganisms
- ASTM-E724 - Standard Guide for
Conducting Static Acute Toxicity Tests Starting with Embryos of Four Species of Saltwater Bivalve Molluscs - ASTM-E729 - Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
- ASTM-E758 - Standard Test Method for Mammalian Acute Percutaneous Toxicity (Withdrawn 2010)
- ASTM-E857 - Standard Practice for Conducting Subacute Dietary Toxicity Tests with Avian Species
- ASTM-E869 - Standard Test Method for Performance Evaluation of Fuel Ethanol Manufacturing Facilities (Withdrawn 2009)
- ASTM-E870 - Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Wood Fuels
- ASTM-E871 - Standard Test Method for Moisture Analysis of Particulate Wood Fuels
- ASTM-E872 - Standard Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis of Particulate Wood Fuels
- ASTM-E873 - Standard Test Method for Bulk Density of Densified Particulate Biomass Fuels
- ASTM-E895 - Standard Practice for Determination of Hydrolysis Rate Constants of Organic Chemicals in Aqueous Solutions (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E896 - Standard Test Method for Conducting Aqueous Direct Photolysis Tests (Withdrawn 2013)
- ASTM-E943 - Standard Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate (Withdrawn 2023)
- ASTM-E981 - Standard Test Method for Estimating Sensory Irritancy of Airborne Chemicals
- ASTM-E993 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Delayed Contact Hypersensitivity (Withdrawn 2010)