Tailored bacteria tackling with environmental mercury: Inspired by natural mercuric detoxification operons

C Hui, B Ma, S Hu, C Wu - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) and its inorganic and organic compounds significantly threaten the ecosystem
and human health. However, the natural and anthropogenic Hg environmental inputs …

Bacterial Metallostasis: Metal Sensing, Metalloproteome Remodeling, and Metal Trafficking

DA Capdevila, JJ Rondón, KA Edmonds… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition metals function as structural and catalytic cofactors for a large diversity of proteins
and enzymes that collectively comprise the metalloproteome. Metallostasis considers all …

Visual arsenic detection in environmental waters: Innovating with a naked-eye biosensor for universal application

M Liu, Y Guo, C Wu, C Gao, F Liu, C Hui - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Arsenic contamination in environmental water sources poses a significant threat to human
health, necessitating the development of sensitive and accessible detection methods. This …

On-site screening method for bioavailability assessment of the organophosphorus pesticide, methyl parathion, and its primary metabolite in soils by paper strip …

Z Ma, Y Li, C Lu, M Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
An important public concern worldwide is soil pollution caused by organophosphorus
pesticides and their primary metabolites. To protect the public's health, screening these …

Evaluation of green-synthesized cuprospinel nanoparticles as a nanosensor for detection of low-concentration Cd (II) ion in the aqueous solutions by the quartz crystal …

N Al-Qasmi, W Al-Gethami, D Alhashmialameer… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cd (II) heavy metal is an extremely dangerous hazardous material for both humans and the
environment. Its high toxicity is the reason behind the examination of new techniques for …

Insertable, scabbarded, and nanoetched silver needle sensor for hazardous element depth profiling by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Y Liu, B Zhou, W Wang, J Shen, W Kou, Z Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sensing of hazardous metals is urgent in many areas (eg, water pollution and meat
products) as heavy metals threaten people's health. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy …

[HTML][HTML] A tailored indigoidine-based whole-cell biosensor for detecting toxic cadmium in environmental water samples

C Hui, Y Guo, C Gao, H Li, Y Lin, J Yun, Y Chen… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Regulated expression of resistance genes is essential for the survival and adaptation of
microbial communities under stress-inducing conditions, such as exposure to environmental …

Electrochemical sensors for sensitive and selective detection of nitrite based on flexible gold microneedle like nanodendrites modified electrode

M Arivazhagan, S Saetang, W Permwong… - Electrochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a new approach utilizing Au nanodendrites (Au NDs) to modify
flexible screen-printed carbon electrodes (FSPCEs), offering an efficient platform for …

De Novo Design of the ArsR Regulated Pars Promoter Enables a Highly Sensitive Whole-Cell Biosensor for Arsenic Contamination

SY Chen, Y Zhang, R Li, B Wang, BC Ye - Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Whole-cell biosensors for arsenic contamination are typically designed based on natural
bacterial sensing systems, which are often limited by their poor performance for precisely …

Recent advances in microbial fuel cell-based toxicity biosensors: strategies for enhanced toxicity response

J Zhai, S Dong - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been extensively studied as self-powered toxicity
biosensors; however, their applications are limited by the relatively poor toxicity responses …