Fiber-Optic Biosensor for the Detection of Atrazine: Characterization and Continuous Measurements

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 251-261

  Das, Neema ^a   Reardon, Kenneth F ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Environmental monitoring; Enzymatic biosensor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 84856954920     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2011.633192     Document Type: Article

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