Bacteria have long been the targets for genetic manipulation, but more recently they have
been synthetically designed to carry out specific tasks. Among the simplest of these tasks is …

Biosensors are a very active research field. They have the potential to lead to low-cost,
rapid, sensitive, reproducible, and miniaturized bioanalytical devices, which exploit the high …

Recent advances in the development and application of biosensors for environmental
analysis and monitoring are reviewed in this article. Several examples of biosensors …

This review deals with the applications of bioluminescent bacteria to the environmental
analyses, published during the years 2000–2007. The ecotoxicological assessment, by …

On-line solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled to liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
(LC–MS) and biosensors are advanced technologies that have found increasing application …

Biosensors have major advantages over chemical or physical analyses with regard to
specificity, sensitivity, and portability. Recently, many types of whole-cell bacterial …

Mercury contamination in the environment has reached alarming levels. Due to its
persistence and bioaccumulation, mercury is one of the most widespread toxic heavy metals …

Living cells have evolved to sense various environmental stimuli, thus presenting a novel
platform to engineer bio-sensing devices. Owing to the ease of genetic modification and …

In this work, we report the design, fabrication, and preliminary assessment of analytical
performance of a smartphone-based bioluminescence (BL) whole-cell toxicity biosensor …

Monitoring of freshwater quality and its potential sudden contamination is integral to human
health, sustainable economic development and prediction of pollutant impact on aquatic …