Analysis of bioavailable arsenic in rice with whole cell living bioreporter bacteria

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2115-2120

  Baumann, Barbara ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ArsR; Bacterial luciferase; Bioreporter; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RICE;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; ORYZA SATIVA; SEEDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34147191696     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0631676     Document Type: Article

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