ABSTRACT
Rapid and onsite detection of organic pollution is an important
technique for monitoring in aquatic environments and wastewater
treatment. Because of its intense requirement in the bioremediation
process of contaminated soil and water treatments the development
of a simple and portable device for environmental assessment,
which can be employed by users who do not have special skills, has
became a main subject of biosensors. As the reasons are respon-
sibility, simple operation, and cost performance, bioluminescence
can be used as a reliable reporter for the assessment or monitoring
of various aquatic samples containing toxicants such as pesticides,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), aromatic hydrocarbons, fuels,
alkanes, alcohols, and heavy metals [1-16]. Nowadays, many whole-
cell-based biosensors with luminescent wild-type or genetically
engineered bacteria are proposed for monitoring and detection
of organic pollution [17], inorganic toxicants [18], aromatic com-
pounds [19-21], and androgenic compounds [22] in wastewater
and/or environments.
