Development of an automated water toxicity biosensor using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans for monitoring cyanides in natural water for a water filtering plant

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 905-911

  Okochi, Mina ^a   Mima, Koji ^a   Miyata, Maki ^a   Shinozaki, Youhei ^a   Haraguchi, Satoshi ^b   Fujisawa, Minoru ^b   Kaneko, Masao ^b   Masukata, Tadashi ^b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Cyanide sensor; Flow monitoring system; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans; Water toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYANIDES; ELECTRODES; MEMBRANES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIAL RESPIRATION; NATURAL WATERS; WATER TOXICITY;

TOXICITY;

CYANIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DRY WEIGHT; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PH; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CYANIDES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIOBACILLUS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 4644280137     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20193     Document Type: Article

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