Field testing of arsenic in groundwater samples of Bangladesh using a test kit based on lyophilized bioreporter bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3281-3287

  Siegfried, Konrad ^a   Endes, Carola ^a   Bhuiyan, Abul Fateh Md Khaled ^b   Kuppardt, Anke ^a   Mattusch, Jürgen ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^c   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ACME Specialized Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; BANGLADESH; COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD TESTING; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS; TUBEWELLS;

ARSENIC; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BACTERIUM LYSATE; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; LOGISTICS; LUMINESCENCE; SAMPLING; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BANGLADESH; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FREEZE DRYING; GENES, REPORTER; GROUNDWATER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858627295     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203511k     Document Type: Article

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