Lux-biosensor assessment of pH effects on microbial sorption and toxicity of chlorophenols

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Sinclair, Gillian M ^a   Paton, Graeme I ^a   Meharg, Andy A ^b   Killham, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenol; Biosensor; Microbial sorption; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032961607     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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