Development of an acute and chronic ecotoxicity assay using lux-marked Rhizobium legunninosarum biovar trifolii

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 296-300

  Paton, G I ^a   Palmer, G ^a   Burton, M ^a   Rattray, E A S ^a   McGrath, S P ^b   Glover, L A ^a   Killham, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIOSENSORS; GENE EXPRESSION; SOILS;

CHRONIC ASSAYS; ECOTOXICITY; GENE CASSETTES; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM TRIFOLII;

ASSAY; BACTERIA; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030613314     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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