A comparative study of bioassays based on enzyme biosynthesis in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis exposed to heavy metals and organic pesticides

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 658-664

  Guven, Kemal ^a   Togrul, Songul ^a   Uyar, Fikret ^a   Ozant, Sifa ^a   De Pomerai, David I ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzyme inhibition; Heavy metals; Organic pesticides; Permeability; Amylase; Galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANOMETALLICS; PESTICIDES;

ORGANIC PESTICIDES;

BIOASSAY;

AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOSULFAN; FUNGICIDE; HEAVY METAL; MANCOZEB; MANEB; MERCURY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOASSAY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037457684     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(03)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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