Whole-cell bacterial bioreporter for actively searching and sensing of alkanes and oil spills

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-97

  Zhang, Dayi ^a   He, Yi ^b,c   Wang, Yun ^a   Wang, Hui ^c   Wu, Lin ^b   Aries, Eric ^d   Huang, Wei E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; AMPICILLIN; DNA; DODECANE; HEXANE; MINERAL OIL; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER; TETRADECANE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPORTER GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WHOLE CELL;

ACINETOBACTER; ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 83655183167     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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