Construction and use of specific luminescent recombinant bacterial sensors for the assessment of bioavailable fraction of cadmium, zinc, mercury and chromium in the soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1439-1447

  Ivask, Angela ^a   Virta, Marko ^b   Kahru, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cadmium; Chromium; Heavy metals; Luminescent recombinant bacterial sensors; Mercury; Spiking; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; LUMINESCENCE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS;

EID: 0036793333     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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