Engineering of a Au-sensor to develop a Hg-specific, sensitive and robust whole-cell biosensor for on-site water monitoring

MENDOZA, JULIÁN I.; SONCINI, FERNANDO C.; CHECA, SUSANA K.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

Año: 2020 vol. 56 p. 6590 - 6593

1359-7345

highly sensitive and specific Hg-whole-cell biosensor was developed from a non-selective variant of the Au sensor GolS and its regulatory pathway. The performance of this analytical tool was validated under laboratory and field-like conditions. This biosensor can be easyly applied in cost-effective and portable semiquantitative devises to report Hg contamination in water.