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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Jan Roelof Van Der Meer, Dübendorf, CH;
Inventor:
Jan Roelof Van Der Meer, Dübendorf, CH;
Assignee:
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH-UFZ, Leipzig, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is concerned with a biologically based test system for the detection of inorganic and organic pollutants in water samples. In particular, the present invention is concerned with the development of a strategy for the control of background expression of biosensors in the biologically based test system. Furthermore, the present invention provides a test kit for determining concentrations of inorganic and organic pollutants in water samples, the test kits are suitable for field tests.