The Te-Assay: A black and white method for environmental sample pre-screening exploiting tellurite reduction

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-556

  Lloyd Jones, Gareth ^a,b   Williamson, Wendy M ^a,c   Slootweg, Tineke ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacillus atropheus atcc5118; Biosensor; Pseudomonas; Tellurite reduction; Toxicity assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; IC 50; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; TELLURIUM;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33750401394     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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