Table 4.

Literature overview of lux strains for the detection of oxidative stress and their detection limits

Strain	References	Reacts on	Promoter	Receiving strain	LOD	Setup
DPD2511	[40]	Peroxides	katG	RFM443		Culture plate
	[21]				0.1 mg/l H2O2	Culture plate
	[22]				0.0006% H2O2 ∼ 6 mg/l	Portable sensor
	[41]				0.1 mg/l bisphenol A	Culture plate
	[30]					Optical fibre
	[29]					Antibody glass/gold plates
DPD2515	[21]	Superoxides	micF	W3110	0.01 mg/l paraquat	Culture plate
	[29]					Antibody glass/gold plates
DP1	[27]	Superoxides	pqi-5	RFM443	0.1 mg/l paraquat	Bioreactor
	[33]				2.5% ethanol, 7.8 mg/l paraquat	Sol–gel wells
	[42]					Cell chip
PGRFM	[38]	Superoxides,
		peroxides	pgi	RFM443	0.6 mg/l paraquat	Culture plate
DK1	[27]	Peroxides	katG	RFM443	10 mg/l H2O2	Bioreactor
	[33]				0.15% 2-propanol, 0.8 mg/l H2O2	Sol–gel well plate
	[45]				0.88 μM (0.03 mg/l) H2O2	Microfluid chip
EBSoxS	[44]	Superoxides	soxS	RFM443		Cell chip
DS1	[44]	Superoxides	sodA	RFM443		Cell chip
ZWF	[42]					Cell chip
	[43]	Superoxides	zwf	RFM443		Culture plate
FPR	[42]					Cell chip
	[43]	Superoxides	fpr	RFM443		Culture plate
EBFumC	[42]	Superoxides	fumC	RFM443		Cell chip
EBHmp	[42]	Superoxides	hmp	RFM443		Cell chip
EBHJ	[41]	Superoxides	sodA	RFM443	0.015 mg/l paraquat	Culture plate

All strains are E. coli with luxCDABE as the reporter