Escherichia coli as a bioreporter in ecotoxicology

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1007-1025

  Robbens, Johan ^a   Dardenne, Freddy ^b   Devriese, Lisa ^a   De Coen, Wim ^b,c   Blust, Ronny ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioreporter; E. coli; Ecotoxicology; Risk assessment; Whole cell biosensor

Indexed keywords

BIOREPORTER; E. COLI; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; GENE PRODUCTS; GENOTOXIC; IMPROVED SUBSTRATE; IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE; RECENT TRENDS; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIVE DETECTION; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; TEST RESULTS; WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOSENSORS; DESIGN; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY; META XYLENE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MITOMYCIN C; NALIDIXIC ACID; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLUENE; WATER; XYLENE;

BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CELL STRESS; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTOXICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION; REPORTER GENE; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; SOIL QUALITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY; WHOLE CELL; X RAY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROCARBONS; LUMINESCENCE; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78149408175     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2826-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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