A transcriptional luxAB reporter fusion responding to fluorene in Sphingomonas sp. LB126 and its initial characterisation for whole-cell bioreporter purposes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 849-859

  Bastiaens, Leen ^a,b   Springael, Dirk ^a   Dejonghe, Winnie ^a,d   Wattiau, Pierre ^c   Verachtert, Hubert ^b   Diels, Ludo ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluorene; luxAB transcriptional fusion; Sphingomonas; Whole cell biosensor

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SOLUBILITY; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0034762478     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01268-2     Document Type: Article

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