Bacterial Bioluminescent Biosensors: Principle and Applications

Numerous hazardous contaminants with detrimental effects a replete in the ecosystem.Bacterial Bioluminescent Biosensors offer an easy and reliable method for monitoring these contaminants towards environmental remediation.These biosensors respond to analyte either constitutively or inducibly on a non-specific or specific basis respectively.Either way, they offer a reliable method for detection and biological interpretation toxicants.Their responses are recorded in terms of bioluminescence; a physiological function that will change variously in response to a toxicant.Bacterial bioluminescent biosensors have been successfully deployed in various areas of science including environmental monitoring and in the food industry.