Detection of nitrate/nitrite bioavailability in wastewater using a luxCDABE-based Klebsiella oxytoca bioluminescent bioreporter

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1254-1261

  Abd El Haleem, Desouky ^a   Ripp, Steven ^b   Zaki, Sahar ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^b  

^a Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Bioavailability; Bioluminescence; Bioreporter; Klebsiella oxytoca; Lux; nasR; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DNA FRAGMENT; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, REPORTER; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LUCIFERASES; NITRATES; NITRITES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 34548489670     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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