Novel carotenoid-based biosensor for simple visual detection of arsenite: Characterization and preliminary evaluation for environmental application

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6730-6738

  Yoshida, Kazuyuki ^a   Inoue, Koichi ^a   Takahashi, Yuko ^a   Ueda, Shunsaku ^a   Isoda, Katsuhiro ^b   Yagi, Kiyohito ^b   Maeda, Isamu ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BEVERAGES; CELL CULTURE; COLOR; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSCRIPTION; WATER;

ARSENIC DOSES; COLOR CHANGES; CONSISTENT; CULTURE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HUE ANGLES; LYCOPENE; MINERAL WATERS; NAKED EYES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; TIME REVERSED; VISUAL DETECTIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOSENSORS;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; GROUND WATER; LYCOPENE; MINERAL WATER; RHODOPSIN;

ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CAROTENOID; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RNA; SENSOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENITES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PLASMIDS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 55049106986     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00498-08     Document Type: Article

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