Recombinant microorganisms as environmental biosensors: Pollutants detection by Escherichia coli bearing fabA′::lux fusions

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-132

  Bechor, Ofra ^a   Smulski, Dana R ^b   Van Dyk, Tina K ^b   LaRossa, Robert A ^b   Belkin, Shimshon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Escherichia coli; FabA; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Microbial biosensors; Toxicity bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS;

MICROBIAL TOXICITY BIOSENSORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2,3 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,6 DICHLOROPHENOL; 3,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; DETERGENT; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANOL; METHANOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROPANOL; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOXICITY;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDRO-LYASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0037075682     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(01)00423-0     Document Type: Article

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