Recombinant luminescent bacteria for measuring bioavailable arsenite and antimonite

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4456-4461

  Tauriainen, Sisko ^a   Karp, Matti ^b   Chang, Wei ^a,b   Virta, Marko ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CADMIUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030707518     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4456-4461.1997     Document Type: Article

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