论文信息 - Whole-cell biosensors for environmental monitoring.

Whole-cell biosensors for environmental monitoring.

Concern over the pollution risk to drinking water from industry and agriculture is growing, and the need for continuous on-line monitoring recognised. There is increasing use of living organisms as the sensitive agent to detect the presence of pollutants, and whole-cell biosensors are seen to have particular advantages in such environmental monitoring. The development of a mediated amperometric biosensor, incorporating the cyanobacterium Synechococcus as the biocatalyst, for on-line herbicide monitoring is described. The biosensor is able to detect a wide range of herbicides with sites of action on the photosynthetic electron transport chain, at concentrations down to 20 micrograms litre-1 and possesses a working life of up to 7 days. The use of alginate immobilisation of the biocatalyst to overcome the problems associated with obtaining a realistic shelf life for the biosensor is discussed.

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