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Biosensor: An Approach Towards a Sustainable Environment

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Of worldwide concern, ecological pollution affects human security and development. Presence of contaminants, particularly bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogen poses serious health issues. Hence, there is an urgent requirement of develo** techniques, which can rapidly recognize the pollutions for effective bioremediation processes. The source used for recognition, evaluation, and transformation of pollutants to non-pollutants to restore the ecological balance can be isolated enzymes or biological systems producing enzymes, as entire cells or in the immobilized state. For the detection and measurement of environmental pollution, biosensors are perfect and reliable. In this chapter, the present status of various kinds of biosensors and its applications are discussed.

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Negi, N.P., Choephel, T. (2020). Biosensor: An Approach Towards a Sustainable Environment. In: Mohsin, M., Naz, R., Ahmad, A. (eds) Nanobiosensors for Agricultural, Medical and Environmental Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8346-9_3

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