A suite of recombinant luminescent bacterial strains for the quantification of bioavailable heavy metals and toxicity testing

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ivsak, Angela ^a   Rõlova, Taisia ^a   Kahru, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CELL SENSOR; ENCODING GENES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GRAM-POSITIVE STRAINS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC METALS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CADMIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; STRAIN; TOXICITY; ZINC;

SENSORS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LEAD NITRATE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; PROTEIN LUXCDABE; SILVER NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY TESTING; BIOAVAILABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LUMINESCENCE; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 66249095651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-9-41     Document Type: Article

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