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. 2008 Feb 19;1(4):320–330. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00022.x

Table 2.

Microbial metal bioavailability assays.

Promotera (origin) Element Reporter geneb Host Linear response (µM) Time of induction Reference
arsB As3+ blaZ Staphylococcus aureus 1–10 60 min Ji and Silver (1992)
As5+ 10–100
Bi 100–1000
Sb 0.2–1
As luxAB (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.01–1 120 min Cai and Dubow (1997)
arsR As lucFF(Firefly) E. coli 0.01–1 8 h Hakkila et al. (2002)
As luxCDABE (V. fischeri) 0.01–1
As lacZ E. coli 0.1–100 30 min Ramanathan et al. (1998)
Sb 0.005–10
As3+ lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 0.033–1 90 min Tauriainen et al. (1999)
As5+ 33–33 000
Cd 10–10 000
Sb 0.1–100
As luxAB (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.1–0.8 60 min Stocker et al. (2003)
As luxAB (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.1–0.4 Trang et al. (2005)
As gfp (A. Victoria) E. coli 0.13–133 12 h Roberto et al. (2002)
arsR (E. coli) As lucGR (P. plagiophthalamus) P. fluorescens 0.1–10 120 min Petanen et al. (2001)
arsR Cd lucFF (Firefly) S. aureus 0.5–5 120 min Tauriainen et al. (1997)
Sb 0.1–10
As3+ gfp (A. Victoria) E. coli 0.4–25 120 min Liao and Ou (2005)
As5+ 1–50
Sb 0.75–8
arsRD As3+ lacZ E. coli 0.5–100 17 h Scott et al. (1997)
Sb 0.1–10
cadAC Cd blaZ S. aureus 0.5–100 90 min Yoon et al. (1991)
cadC (S. aureus) Cd lucFF (Firefly) Bacillus subtilis 0.003–0.1 180 min Tauriainen et al. (1998)
Pb 1–10
Sb 0.033–3.3
Sn 33–1000
Zn 1–33
Cd gfp (A. Victoria) E. coli 0.0001–500 120 min Liao et al. (2006)
Pb 0.01–10
Sb 0.0001–10
chrB Cr lacZ C. metallidurans 0.001–50 8 h Peitzsch et al. (1998)
chrB Cr3+ luxCDABE (V. fischeri) C. metallidurans 5–80 90 min Corbisier et al. (1999)
Cr6+ 2.5–40
chrAB Cr3+ lucFF (Firefly) C. metallidurans 2–100 120 min Ivask et al. (2002)
Cr6+ 0.04–1
cnrXYH Co luxDABE (V. fischeri) C. metallidurans 9–400 16 h Tibazarwa et al. (2001)
Ni 0.1–60
copA Ag luxCDABE (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.3–3 80 min Riether et al. (2001)
Cu 3–30
Ag lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 0.003–0.3 120 min Hakkila et al. (2004)
Cu 0.3–300
copBC Cu luxAB (V. fischeri) P. fluorescens 1–100 180 min Tom‐Petersen et al. (2001)
copSRA Cu luxCDABE (V. fischeri) C. metallidurans 1–200 90 min Corbisier et al. (1999)
cup1 Cu gfp (A. Victoria) Saccharomyces cerevisiae 0.5–5000 120 min Shetty et al. (2002)
isiAB Fe luxAB (V. fischeri) Synechococcus 0.001–1 12 h Boyanapalli et al. (2007)
fliC Al LuxAB (Vibrio harveyi) E. coli 40–400 20 min Guzzo et al. (1992)
katG Cd luxCDABE (V. fischeri) E. coli 2–35 90 min Ben‐Israel et al. (1998)
merR (Shigella flexneri) Cd lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 1–100 60 min Virta et al. (1995)
Hg lucFF (Firefly) 10−9–0.01
merR Hg gfp (A. Victoria) E. coli 0.005–0.5 8 h Hakkila et al. (2002)
Hg l lucFF (Firefly) 0.005–0.1
Hg luxCDABE (V. fischeri) 0.0001–0.1
Cd lucFF (Firefly) P. fluorescens 1–10 120 min Petanen et al. (2001)
Hg 10−5–0.1
merRB Cd lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 0.27–80 120 min Ivask et al. (2002)
Hg 0.1–15
Zn 1380–4000
Hg lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 0.0002–0.01 120 min Ivsak et al. (2001)
merRT Hg luxCDABE (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.005–0.5 40 min Selifonova et al. (1993)
Hg luxCDABE (V. fischeri) Vibrio anguillarum 2.5 × 10−6–5 × 10−5 80 min Golding et al. (2002)
merRTPA (Pseudomonas stutzeri) Hg luxCDABE (V fischeri) E. coli 0.00005–0.0005 Pepi et al. (2006)
pbrR Pb luxCDABE (V. fischeri) C. metallidurans 500–5000 180 min Corbisier et al. (1999)
pvd Fe gfp (A. Victoria) Pseudomonas syringae 0.1–100 Overnight Joyner and Steven (2000)
smtA Zn luxCDABE (V fischeri) Synechococcus 0.5–4 240 min Huckle et al. (1993)
zntA Cd lacZ E. coli 0.0001–0.1 120 min Shetty et al. (2003)
Cd Red‐shifted gfp (A. Victoria) 0.1–10
Pb lacZ 0.0001–0.1
Pb Red‐shifted gfp (A. Victoria) 0.1–10
Cd luxCDABE (V. fischeri) E. coli 0.01–0.33 80 min Riether et al. (2001)
Zn 3–30
Cr6+ 30–300
Hg 1–30
Pb 0.03–1
Cd lacZ E. coil 0.2–10 60 min Biran et al. (2000)
zntR Cd lucFF (Firefly) E. coli 0.05–30 120 min Ivask et al. (2002)
Hg 0.01–1
Zn 40–15 000
a.

Unless mentioned otherwise, the source of the promoter is the host bacterium.

b.

Unless mentioned otherwise, the source of the reporter gene(s) is the host bacterium.