A test developed in 1974 by Bruce N. Ames for identifying possible carcinogens by studying their mutagenic effect on bacteria. The Ames test is widely used test to detect possible chemical carcinogens. It is based on mutagenicity in Salmonella bacteria.

In vitro test for mutagenicity using mutant strains of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium which cannot grow in a given histidine-deficient medium: mutagens can cause reverse mutations which enable t [..]

Test in which special strains of bacteria are used to evaluate the potential of chemicals to cause cancer. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserved. Pierce, B. Genetics: A conc [..]

A test developed by Bruce Ames in the early 1970s that investigates new or old environmental chemicals for carcinogenic effects. It uses the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium as a test organism for mut [..]

A simple bacterial test for carcinogens. [4]

<procedure> One of a number of procedures used to test substances for likely ability to cause cancer that combines the use of animal tissue to generate active metabolites of the substance with a test for mutagenicity in bacteria. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

A widely used test to detect possible chemical carcinogens; based on mutagenicity in the bacterium Salmonella.

A biological assay to assess the mutagenic potential of chemical compounds.