Bioluminescent whole cell optical fiber sensor to genotoxicants: System optimization

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 18-26

  Polyak, Boris ^a   Bassis, Efim ^a   Novodvorets, Alex ^a   Belkin, Shimshon ^b   Marks, Robert S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioluminescent bacteria; Genotoxicity; Optical fiber biosensors; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA; GENOTOXICITY; SODIUM ALGINATE;

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0035871854     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00707-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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