Established Technologies and New Approaches in Applying Luminous Bacteria for Analytical Purposes

Luminescence

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 179-192

  Ulitzur, S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; AOC, bacterial detection; Applied bioluminescence; Food spoilage; Genotoxic agents; Lipolytic enzymes; Luciferase; Luminous bacteria; Lux; Phagocytosis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; SPOILAGE;

AOC, BACTERIAL DETECTION; APPLIED BIOLUMINESCENCE; BACTERIAL DETECTION; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENOTOXIC AGENTS; LIPOLYTIC ENZYMES; LUCIFERASE; LUMINOUS BACTERIA; LUX; PHAGOCYTOSE;

WATER QUALITY;

LUCIFERASE;

CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOBACTERIUM; REVIEW; VIBRIO;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO;

EID: 0031175017     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1271(199707/08)12:4<179::aid-bio444>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Review

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