TY  - JOUR
N1  - OPEN ACCESS
ID  - open1097
UR  - http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1097/
IS  - 2
A1  - Singh, P.
A1  - Dhanjal, Soniya
A1  - Singh, K.V.
A1  - Suri, C Raman
A1  - Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
Y1  - 2009///
N2  - We report here a new fluorometric method for monitoring atrazine uptake using a strain of Acinetobacter radioresistens. Around 40% decrease in the relative fluorescent intensity of the culture supernatant and a corresponding increase in the fluorescence in cell biomass was observed after 18 h of growth on the fluorescing substrate, which was indicative of the rapid entry of the compound into the bacterial cell. This fast and safe method is a new application in the field of environmental biotechnology and can be used as an additional approach to monitor uptake of other toxic compounds by different microorganisms and to screen for different pollutant degraders.
PB  - IAS
JF  - Current Science
VL  - 96
SN  - 0011-3891 
TI  - Monitoring atrazine uptake by a new fluorometric assay
SP  - 268
AV  - none
EP  - 271
ER  -