Evaluation of water-borne toxicity using bioluminescent bacteria

Environmental Chemistry: Green Chemistry and Pollutants in Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 699-705

  Kim, B C ^a   Gu, M B ^a   Hansen, P D ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioluminescent bacteria; field water; multi channel continuous monitoring; potential toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892091089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26531-7_64     Document Type: Chapter

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