GENETIC CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING A STRESS- RESPONSIVE PROMOTER LINKED TO A LUX REPORTER OPERON AND METHODS OF USE IN ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

摘要

Nucleic acid molecule, comprising: (a) a stress inducible promoter sequence selected from the group consisting of groEL, groES, dnaK, dnaJ, grpE, lon, lysU, rpoD, clpB, clpP, uspA, katG, uvrA, frdA, sodA, sodB, soi-28 and narG; and (b) an expressible bacterial luxCDABE operon gene complex under control of said promoter sequence.