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Paton, G. I., Reid, B. J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9613-979X and Semple, K. T.
(2009)
Application of a luminescence-based biosensor for assessing naphthalene biodegradation in soils from a manufactured gas plant.
Environmental Pollution, 157 (5).
pp. 1643-1648.
ISSN 1873-6424
Abstract
Despite numerous reviews suggesting that microbial biosensors could be used in many environmental applications, in reality they have failed to be used for which they were designed. In part this is because most of these sensors perform in an aqueous phase and a buffered medium, which is in contrast to the nature of genuine environmental systems. In this study, a range of non-exhaustive extraction techniques (NEETs) were assessed for (i) compatibility with a naphthalene responsive biosensor and (ii) correlation with naphthalene biodegradation. The NEETs removed a portion of the total soil naphthalene in the order of methanol > HPCD > ßCD > water. To place the biosensor performance to NEETs in context, a biodegradation experiment was carried out using historically contaminated soils. By coupling the HPCD extraction with the biosensor, it was possible to assess the fraction of the naphthalene capable of undergoing microbial degradation in soil.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences and Natural Hazards (former - to 2017) |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2011 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2024 15:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24429 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.020 |
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