creators_name: Singh, P.
creators_name: Dhanjal, Soniya
creators_name: Singh, K.V.
creators_name: Suri, C Raman
creators_name: Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
type: article
datestamp: 2012-02-28 16:10:08
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title: Monitoring atrazine uptake by a new fluorometric assay
ispublished: pub
subjects: QR
full_text_status: none
note: OPEN ACCESS
abstract: 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.
date: 2009
date_type: published
publication: Current Science
volume: 96
number: 2
publisher: IAS
pagerange: 268-271
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0011-3891 
citation:   Singh, P. and Dhanjal, Soniya and Singh, K.V. and Suri, C Raman and Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh  (2009) Monitoring atrazine uptake by a new fluorometric assay.  Current Science, 96 (2).  pp. 268-271.  ISSN 0011-3891      
document_url: http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1097/1/suri2009.pdf