A single-use luciferase-based mercury biosensor using Escherichia coli HB101 immobilized in a latex copolymer film

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 668-676

  Lyngberg, O K ^a   Stemke, D J ^a,b   Schottel, J L ^a   Flickinger, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; E. coli; Immobilization; Latex film; Luciferase; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; BUFFER; COPOLYMER; CYSTEINE; LATEX; LUCIFERASE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; POLYESTER; PYRUVIC ACID; VINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STORAGE; SUSPENSION; THICKNESS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICROSPHERES; PLASMIDS; POLYVINYLS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032790971     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900679     Document Type: Article

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