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Environmental analysis requires fast and reliable measurement results. Biosensors, which facilitate integral monitoring as well as single substance analysis, achieve high sensitivities in a minimum of measuring time. Four new on-line biosensors, which cover a wide range of environmentally relevant substances, are introduced: A water-quality monitoring bacteria electrode, whose gradual development is described as an example, a heavy-metal screening urease inhibition sensor, a genotoxic potential as well as a immunotoxic potential indicating sensor. Future prospects are given.
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Hansen, PD., v. Usedom, A. (1997). New biosensors for environmental analysis. In: Scheller, F.W., Schubert, F., Fedrowitz, J. (eds) Frontiers in Biosensorics II. EXS, vol 81. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9045-8_8
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