Bioluminescent escherichia coli strains for the quantitative detection of phosphate and ammonia in coastal and suburban watersheds

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 519-531

  Cardemil, Cristina V ^a,c   Smulski, Dana R ^b   Larossa, Robert A ^b   Vollmer, Amy Cheng ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PHOSPHATE; NITROGEN; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STARVATION; SUBURBAN AREA; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATERSHED; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE FUSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 77956378856     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2009.0984     Document Type: Article

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