The Effects of pH and Cell Density to the Responses of Immobilized Cyanobacteria for Copper Detection

• Main Authors: Kunasakaran, Rubban, Vijayan, Sughan, Wong, Ling Shing, Chai, Mee Kin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Engineering and Technology Publishing 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/392/1/The%20Effects%20of%20pH%20and%20Cell%20Density%20to%20the....pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/392/; http://www.jolst.net/

Rapid urbanization and industrialization lead to heavy metal pollution which poses a serious threat to human’s health. Thus, there is a continuing need to develop a device that can be easily used to monitor and detect the presence of heavy metal pollution. Whole cells e.g. cyanobacteria have be...