BIOSENSORS: PROPERTIES, MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS -- BIOSENSORS: PROPERTIES, MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ENZYME MODIFIED SCREEN PRINTED ELECTRODES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SCREEN PRINTED ELECTRODES -- 3. SCREEN PRINTED ENZYMATIC BIOSENSORS -- 4. RECENT TRENDS, NANOMATERIAL- BASED ENZYMATIC BIOSENSORS -- 5. APPLICATIONS OF ENZYMATIC SPES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOSENSORS IN FOOD SAFETY CONTROL: AN UPDATE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION: FOOD SAFETY ON THE FRONT PAGE -- 2. CLASSIFICATION OF BIOSENSOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD SAFETY -- 3. ASSAY METHODS -- 4. MAIN APPLICATIONS -- 5. CONCLUSION- COMMERCIAL STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- PROPERTIES AND CHOICE OF MATERIAL USED FOR MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. APPLICATIONS OF MICROBIAL BIOSENSOR -- 3. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR IMMOBILIZATION -- 4. IMMOBILIZATION SYSTEMS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- NON-CONVENTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR BIOSENSING ELEMENTS IMMOBILIZATION -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. BIOMOLECULES IMMOBILISATION ON PDMS BIOCHIPS -- 4. BIOMOLECULES IMMOBILISATION THROUGH ON-BIOCHIP ELECTROCHEMISTRY -- 5. BIOMOLECULES IMMOBILIZATION THROUGH BEADS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT SENSORS: FABRICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MECHANISMS OF RU(BPY)32+ ECL -- 3. FABRICATIONS OF RU(BPY)32+ ECL SENSORS -- 3. FABRICATIONS OF RU(BPY)32+ ECL SENSORS -- 4. APPLICATIONS OF RU(BPY)32+ ECL SENSORS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 7. REFERENCES -- AN OVERVIEW OF SELECTED LUX-MARKED BIOSENSORS AND ITS APPLICATION AS A TOOL TO ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLUMINESCENCE -- BIOLUMINESCENCE REACTION -- BIOSENSOR AS AN ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TOOL -- GENETICALLY MODIFIED LUX-MARKED BACTERIA AND ITS APPLICATION.

ECOLOGICAL RELEVANT BIOSENSORS -- PREPARATION OF LUX-MARKED ESCHERICHIA COLI HB101 (PUCD607) -- GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 10586'S PUCD607 -- RESUSCITATION OF FREEZE DRIED PS FLOURESCENS -- APPLICATION OF BIOSENSOR IN SELECTED CONDITIONS -- LEAD -- ARSENIC -- RESPONSE OF BIOSENSOR TO SEWAGE SLUDGE -- ANALYSIS OF DUST USING BIOSENSOR TECHNIQUE -- DETERMINATION OF BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL -- RIVER SEDIMENT HEALTH ANALYSIS -- AS AN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN VARIANT AS AN INTRACELLULAR IODIDE BIOSENSOR IN THYROID CELLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IODIDE PHYSIOLOGY -- CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF IODIDE -- ANALYSIS OF IODIDE IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES -- GENETICALLY-ENCODED ION BIOSENSORS -- YFP-BASED HALIDE BIOSENSORS -- YFP-H148Q/I152L AS A BIOSENSOR OF THYROCYTE IODIDE ACCUMULATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MICROBIAL BIOSENSORS AND BIOFUEL CELLS BASED ON ACETOBACTER AND GLUCONOBACTER CELLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METABOLISM IN ACETOBACTER AND GLUCONOBACTER -- BIOSENSORS BASED ON WHOLE CELLS -- HIGH-THROUGHPUT BIOSENSOR SYSTEMS IN BIOPROCESS MONITORING -- MICROBIAL BIOFUEL CELLS -- GLUCONOBACTER OXYDANS BIOFUEL CELLS -- BIOFUEL CELLS DERIVED FROM ENZYMES ISOLATED FROM GLUCONOBACTER OXYDANS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CATALASE IMMOBILIZED ON NANOHYBRID MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SENSORS: A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DIRECT ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS AND ENZYMES -- 3. CATALASE AN OVERVIEW -- 4. IMMOBILIZATION OF CAT ON CNTS FOR H2O2 SENSORS -- 5. NICKEL OXIDE MODIFIED GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODE -- 6. PAMAM FILM MODIFIED GRAPHITE ELECTRODE -- 7. SILICA SOL-GEL INCORPORATED CYSTEINE MODIFIED GOLD ELECTRODE -- 8. PROTEIN-SILK FIBROIN MODIFIED GRAPHITE ELECTRODE.

9. PROTEIN-COLLAGEN MODIFIED GRAPHITE ELECTRODE -- 10. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- GOLD NANOPARTICLE LABELLED DNA HAIRPIN GRAFTING ON TRANSPARENT AND CONDUCTIVE OXIDE (TCO) FILMS: CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAFTING AND HYBRIDIZATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- BIOSENSORS BASED ON IONIC LIQUIDS AND CARBON NANOTUBES -- A WIDE POTENTIAL OF APPLICATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD-GENERATION BIOSENSORS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIOSENSORS -- 3. BIOSENSORS BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES AND IONIC LIQUIDS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HUMAN OLFACTORY SYSTEM AND OLFACTORY BIOSENSOR -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. OLFACTORY SYSTEM -- III. OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION -- IV. OLFACTORY BIOSENSOR -- V. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS HARBORING THE CAROTENOID-CONVERTING REPOTER GENES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- A BIOSENSOR HARBORING THE CRTA GENE (CRTA-BIOSENSOR) -- DEVELOPMENT OF A CRTA-BIOSENSOR TO DETECT ARSENITE -- A BIOSENSOR HARBORING THE CRTI GENE (CRTI-BIOSENSOR) -- EVALUATION OF THE CRTI-BIOSENSOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.