The benzoquinone-mediated electrochemical microbial biosensor for water biotoxicity assay

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• 作者：Jiuming Li^a ; ^b ; Yuan Yu^a ; ^{yyu@mail.ipc.ac.cn} ; Yuning Wang^a ; ^b ; Jun Qian^a ; Jinfang Zhi^a ; ^{zhi-mail@mail.ipc.ac.cn}
• 关键词：Mediated microbial biosensor ; Biotoxicity ; Benzoquinone
• 刊名：Electrochimica Acta
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 May, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：97
• 期：Complete
• 页码：52-57
• 全文大小：634 K

文摘

A simple mediated microbial biosensor providing real-time monitoring of water quality and evaluation of biotoxicity was fabricated by entrapping Escherichia coli (E. coli) cells in gelatin on glassy carbon electrode with benzoquinone as the redox mediator. The biotoxicity assay was based on the respiratory activity of E. coli cells estimated by the oxidation current of microbially reduced benzoquinone. The neutrality and lipophilicity rendered benzoquinone better efficiency than ferricyanide in mediated microbial reactions. After the optimization of preparation conditions, the prepared microbial biosensors have measured several common toxicants with different concentrations. In addition, the biotoxicity of binary mixtures of heavy metals and wastewater were investigated. The fabricated biosensor exhibited good repeatability and stability in the biotoxicity measurements.