USE OF A CNIDARIUS-DINOFLAGELLUM SYMBIOTIC ORGANISM AS A MARKER FOR EVALUATING THE ECOTOXICITY OF A PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE ECOTOXICITY OF A PRODUCT

Abstract

The present invention relates to a use of a cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiotic organism as a marker for evaluating the ecotoxicity of a product. The present invention also relates to a method for evaluating the ecotoxicity of a product, comprising the following steps: 1) culturing at least one cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiotic organism in a suitable medium, 2) adding, to the medium, at least one product, 3) measuring, in the medium and the cnidarian, the dissociation of the dinoflagellates from the symbiosis and / or the growth rate of cnidarian cuttings, in particular hard corals. Figure 1