Stabilization of bioluminescence of immobilized Photobacterium phosphoreum and monitoring of environmental pollutants

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 242-249

  Britz, Margaret L ^b   Simonov, Nina ^b   Chun, Uck Han ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Biosensor; Photobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001098449     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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