Using recombinant DNA technology, various whole-cell biosensors have been developed
for detection of environmental pollutants, including heavy metal ions. Whole-cell biosensors …

This review analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of using eukaryotic
microorganisms to design whole-cell biosensors (WCBs) for monitoring environmental …

Heavy metals are among the most serious pollutants, and thus there is a need to develop
sensitive and rapid biomonitoring methods for heavy metals in the environment. Critical …

We report a summary of the symposium “Stress and Protists: No life without stress”, which
was held in September 2015 on the VII European Congress of Protistology in partnership …

A comparative analysis of toxicities of both arsenic forms (arsenite and arsenate) in the
model eukaryotic microorganism Tetrahymena thermophila (ciliate protozoa) has shown the …

The growing problems of environmental damage have been caused by the continuous
outrush of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. To resolve this issue, bioremediation is …

The significance of metal (oid) s as environmental pollutants has made them a priority in
ecotoxicology, with the aim of minimizing exposure to animals or humans. Therefore, it is …

This article represents an updated review of ciliate metallothioneins (Tetrahymena species)
including a comparative analysis with regard to well-known metallothioneins (MTs) from …

Abstract Cobalt (Co) and Nickel (Ni) are increasingly found in our environment. We analysed
their combined toxicity and uptake mechanisms in the early food chain by studying bacteria …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are ubiquitous proteins with the capacity to bind heavy metal ions
(mainly Cd, Zn or Cu), and they have been found in animals, plants, eukaryotic and …