A cantilever biosensor-based assay for toxin-producing cyanobacteria microcystis aeruginosa using 16S rRNA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12333-12341

  Johnson, Blake N ^a   Mutharasan, Raj ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BIOSENSORS; CANTILEVER SENSORS; COMPLEMENTARY STRAND; DETECTION PROTOCOLS; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; LOW SENSITIVITY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; VARIABLE REGIONS;

BIOASSAY; DNA; NANOCANTILEVERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RNA; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOSENSORS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; RIVER WATER; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; NANOPARTICLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; SENSOR; TOXIN; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; NANOPARTICLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887875863     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402925k     Document Type: Article

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