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Provedor de dados: | 58
País: | Brazil
Título: | Bioluminescent bacteria: lux genes as environmental biosensors
Autores: | Nunes-Halldorson,Vânia da Silva; Duran,Norma Letícia.
Data: | 2003-06-01
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Bacteria; Bioluminescence; Lux genes; Microtox toxicity bioassay.
Resumo: | Bioluminescent bacteria are widespread in natural environments. Over the years, many researchers have been studying the physiology, biochemistry and genetic control of bacterial bioluminescence. These discoveries have revolutionized the area of Environmental Microbiology through the use of luminescent genes as biosensors for environmental studies. This paper will review the chronology of scientific discoveries on bacterial bioluminescence and the current applications of bioluminescence in environmental studies, with special emphasis on the Microtox toxicity bioassay. Also, the general ecological significance of bioluminescence will be addressed.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000200001
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1517-83822003000200001
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.34 n.2 2003
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess