Assessment of mercury(II) bioavailability using a bioluminescent bacterial biosensor: Practical and theoretical challenges

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1137-1143

  Barrocas, Paulo R G ^a   Landing, William M ^b   Hudson, Robert J M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bioluminescent; Biosensor; Chemical speciation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS; BACTERIAL BIOSENSOR; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENT BIOSENSOR; MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR; NATURAL WATERS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSORS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

MERCURY; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SENSOR; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MERCURY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955481883     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60229-1     Document Type: Article

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