ABSTRACT
The detection and monitoring of contaminants in the environment, such as chemical compounds, toxins and pathogens is crucial to assess and avoid risks for environmental health. Highly sensitive and selective traditional analytical techniques exist, as liquid and gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry, but they are time consuming, expensive and require highly trained personnel. To accomplish frequent monitoring, there is still the need for sensitive, simple, rapid, cost effective and portable detection methods. Biosensors meet all these requirements and are thus ideal for environmental monitoring.
