Abstract Diesel exhaust is one of the major sources of fine and ultrafine particulate matter in urban air. Toxicity of diesel-powered engine emissions has been quite widely assessed, however, much less information is available on their ecotoxicity. In our study the kinetic version of the Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition bioassay, based on the ISO 21338:2010 standard, was used to characterise the ecotoxicity of diesel-powered cars. The method is sensitive enough to test the ecotoxic effect of the emission of individual vehicles. In general, significant positive correlation was found between ecotoxicity (expressed as Toxic Unit /TU/values) and total carbon (TC) as well as between TU and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations.

András Ács

Árpád Ferincz

Anikó Kovács

Beatrix Jancsek-Turóczi

András Gelencsér

Gyula Kiss

Nora Kováts

Open Chemistry

OPEN CHEMISTRY 是一本经过同行评审的开放获取期刊，持续发表化学领域的原创研究、评论和简短交流。中心目标是为所有学科的研究人员提供一个展示他们发现的中心，并成为讨论该领域重要问题的论坛。该杂志是基础化学前沿研究的主要来源，它为世界各地的作者提供高质量的同行评审服务。此外，它允许世界各地的图书馆避免订阅多个本地出版物，而是从一个可供整个科学界使用的单一来源接收所有必要的化学研究。

Open Chemistry is a peer-reviewed open access journal that continuously publishes original research, reviews, and brief communications in the field of chemistry. Its central aim is to provide a platform for researchers from all disciplines to showcase their findings and to serve as a forum for discussing significant issues in the field. This journal is a major source of cutting-edge research in fundamental chemistry, offering high-quality peer review services to authors worldwide. Furthermore, it allows libraries around the globe to avoid subscribing to multiple local publications, instead receiving all necessary chemical research from a single source accessible to the entire scientific community.

《Open Chemistry》是一本经过同行评审的开放获取期刊，持续发表化学领域的原创研究、评论和简短交流。其核心目标是为各学科的研究人员提供一个展示研究成果的平台，并成为讨论该领域重要问题的论坛。这本期刊是基础化学前沿研究的重要来源，为全球作者提供高质量的同行评审服务。此外，它使得世界各地的图书馆能够避免订阅多个本地出版物，而是从一个可供整个科学界使用的单一来源获取所有必要的化学研究。

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Ecotoxicological characterisation of exhaust particulates from diesel-powered light-duty vehicles

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