Identification and quantification of toxic chemicals by use of Escherichia coli carrying lux genes fused to stress promoters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4346-4352

  Ben Israel, Oren ^a   Ben Israel, Haggit ^a   Ulitzur, Shimon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIDINE; FLUORANTHENE; MALATHION; NITROPHENOL; PARATHION; PROFLAVINE; PROPICONAZOLE; SODIUM AZIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VIOLOGEN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIBRIO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0031790536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4346-4352.1998     Document Type: Article

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