Bioluminescent bacterial biosensors for the assessment of metal toxicity and bioavailability in soils

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-152

  Alkorta, I ^a   Epelde, L ^b   Mijangos, I ^b   Amezaga, I ^c   Garbisu, Carlos ^b  

^a CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bioreporter; Green fluorescent protein; lux gene

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LUX GENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHOLE CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33746031817     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2006.21.2.139     Document Type: Review

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