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Bacterial Biosensors for Measuring Availability of Environmental Pollutants.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Development of a 2-Nitrobenzoate-Sensing Bioreporter Based on an Inducible Gene Cluster.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Transcriptional control of motility enables directional movement of Escherichia coli in a signal gradient.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Immediate ecotoxicological effects of short-lived oil spills on marine biota.Nature communications · 2016Article
- Marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria as whole-cell biosensors for n-alkanes.Microbial biotechnology · 2015Article
- Genetically modified whole-cell bioreporters for environmental assessment.Ecological indicators · 2013Article
- Highly sensitive, highly specific whole-cell bioreporters for the detection of chromate in environmental samples.PloS one · 2013Article
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- Construction and characterization of Escherichia coli whole-cell biosensors for toluene and related compounds.Current microbiology · 2011Article
- Potential for development of an Escherichia coli-based biosensor for assessing bioavailable methionine: a review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2010Review
- Whole-cell fluorescent biosensors for bioavailability and biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2010Review
- Strategies for enhancing bioluminescent bacterial sensor performance by promoter region manipulation.Bioengineered bugsArticle
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Abstract
Traditionally, pollution risk assessment is based on the measurement of a pollutant's total concentration in a sample. The toxicity of a given pollutant in the environment, however, is tightly linked to its bioavailability, which may differ significantly from the total amount. Physico-chemical and biological parameters strongly influence pollutant fate in terms of leaching, sequestration and biodegradation. Bacterial sensorreporters, which consist of living micro-organisms genetically engineered to produce specific output in response to target chemicals, offer an interesting alternative to monitoring approaches. Bacterial sensor-reporters detect bioavailable and/or bioaccessible compound fractions in samples. Currently, a variety of environmental pollutants can be targeted by specific biosensor-reporters. Although most of such strains are still confined to the lab, several recent reports have demonstrated utility of bacterial sensing-reporting in the field, with method detection limits in the nanomolar range. This review illustrates the general design principles for bacterial sensor-reporters, presents an overview of the existing biosensor-reporter strains with emphasis on organic compound detection. A specific focus throughout is on the concepts of bioavailability and bioaccessibility, and how bacteria-based sensing-reporting systems can help to improve our basic understanding of the different processes at work.
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