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A multi-channel bioluminescent bacterial biosensor for the on-line detection of metals and toxicity. Part II: technical development and proof of concept of the biosensor
Ist Teil von
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2011-05, Vol.400 (4), p.1061-1070
Ort / Verlag
Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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SpringerLink (Online service)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This research study deals with the on-line detection of heavy metals and toxicity within the context of environmental pollution monitoring. It describes the construction and the proof of concept of a multi-channel bioluminescent bacterial biosensor in immobilized phase: Lumisens3. This new versatile device, designed for the non-stop analysis of water pollution, enables the insertion of any bioluminescent strains (inducible or constitutive), immobilized in a multi-well removable card. The technical design of Lumisens3 has benefited from both a classical and a robust approach and includes four main parts: (1) a dedicated removable card contains 64 wells, 3 mm in depth, arranged in eight grooves within which bacteria are immobilized, (2) this card is incubated on a Pelletier block with a CCD cooled camera on top for bioluminescence monitoring, (3) a fluidic network feeds the card with the sample to be analyzed and finally (4) a dedicated computer interface, BIOLUX 1.0, controls all the elements of the biosensor, allowing it to operate autonomously. The proof of concept of this biosensor was performed using a set of four bioluminescent bacteria (
Escherichia coli
DH1 pBzntlux, pBarslux, pBcoplux, and
E. coli
XL1 pBfiluxCDABE) in the on-line detection of CdCl
2
0.5 μM and As
2
O
3
5 μM from an influent. When considering metals individually, the “fingerprints” from the biosensor were as expected. However, when metals were mixed together, cross reaction and synergistic effects were detected. This biosensor allowed us to demonstrate the simultaneous on-line cross detection of one or several heavy metals as well as the measurement of the overall toxicity of the sample.