Exposing culprit organic pollutants: A review

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-119

  Keane, Angela ^a,b   Phoenix, Pauline ^b   Ghoshal, Subhasis ^a   Lau, Peter C K ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Bioavailability; Bioluminescence; Bioremediation; Biosensor; Chemicals; Environmental biotechnology; Gene regulation; Groundwater pollution; Reporter genes

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NAPHTHALENES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036159504     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00382-7     Document Type: Review

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