A modified Vibrio harveyi mutagenicity assay based on bioluminescence induction

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 578-582

  Podgorska B ^a   Wegrzyn G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Dim mutants; luxE gene; Microbiological mutagenicity assays; Mutagenic pollution of environment; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; MARINE POLLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

DIM MUTANT; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; LUXE GENE; MICROBIOLOGICAL MUTAGENICITY ASSAY; MUTAGENIC POLLUTION OF ENVIRONMENT; MUTAGENICITY ASSAY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RAPID DETECTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT EMISSION; MARINE POLLUTION; MUTAGENESIS;

BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LUMINESCENCE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVERTANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33646874339     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01891.x     Document Type: Article

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