Transforming cyanobacteria into bioreporters of biological relevance

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 247-249

  Bachmann, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; TOXICITY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

IRON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSPHERE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0038054393     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(03)00114-8     Document Type: Review

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