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Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety - Statement of the ZKBS on the risk assessment of the ARSOlux test system (64.2 KB)
ARSOlux Flyer (733.5 KB)

Professional and Scientific Articles

Siegfried K, Hahn-Tomer S, Heuser S. (2016). Waterbox & AQUA-CHECK - A newly developed package for drinking water supply and monitoring. 6th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2016). Stockholm, Sweden.
Siegfried, K., Koelsch, A., Osterwalder, E., Hahn-Tomer, S. (2015) Advantages of Biosensor Water Quality Monitoring. In: Karthe, D., Chalov, S.R., Kasimov, N.S., Kappas, M., (eds.) Water and environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin: International research cooperation for an ecoregion of global relevance. Erdsicht : Einblicke in geographische und geoinformationstechnische Arbeitsweisen 23. Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart, p. 335-346.
Siegfried, K.; Hahn-Tomer, S.; Koelsch, A.; Osterwalder, E.; Mattusch, J.; Staerk, H.-J.; Meichtry, J.M.; De Seta, G.E.; Reina, F.D.; Panigatti, C.; Litter, M.I.; Harms, H. Introducing Simple Detection of Bioavailable Arsenic at Rafaela (Santa Fe Province, Argentina) Using the ARSOlux Biosensor. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 5465-5482.
Hahn-Tomer, S., Siegfried, K., Chatzinotas, A., Kuppardt, A., Harms, H. ARSOlux - arsenic biosensor based on bioreporter bacteria. In: One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914 - 2014). As 2014, Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Edited by Litter, M.I., Nicolli, H.B., Meichtry, M., Quici, N., Bundschuh, J., Bhattacharya, P., Naidu, R.
Pfeiffer, M. Batbayar, G., Hofmann, J., Siegfried, K., Karthe, D., Hahn-Tomer, S.. 2014. Investigating arsenic (As) occurrence and sources in ground, surface, waste and drinking water in northern Mongolia. Environmental Earth Science.
Siegfried et al.: Field Testing of Arsenic in Groundwater Samples of Bangladesh Using a Test Kit Based on Lyophilized Bioreporter Bacteria, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012
Harms et al.: Whole-cell living biosensors, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., Springer-Verlag, 02/2006
Stocker et al.: Development of a Set of Simple Bacterial Biosensors for Quantitative and Rapid Measurements of Arsenite and Arsenate in Potable Water, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003

Press and Other Publications

Konrad Siegfried, 2014, Bioluminescent bacteria could light a path to safety. Interview: Science Communication Programme.
Konrad Siegfried, 2014, Bioluminescent bacteria expose toxic arsenic in Bangladesh. Interview mongabay.com.
Hauke Harms, Konrad Siegfried, Antonis Chatzinotas, Sonja Hahn-Tomer: Saxon Biotechnology Symposium 2012. Arsolux: cell-based detection system for arsenic contamination.
Of Bacteria and Men Blog: Robin Tecon: Reporter bacteria to monitor arsenic concentration in groundwater, March 19, 2012
Chemical & Engineering News: New Portable Kit Detects Arsenic In Wells, February 24, 2012
German Embassy Dhaka: UFZ holds Workshop on Arsenic in Drinking Water 10/2010
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Annual Report 2010 - Erwin Schrödinger Prize 2010 (page 80-81)
Otago Daily Times: Scientist co-winner of award, Dunedin 09/2010
EAWAG Press Review: Trang et al., Bacterial Bioassay for Rapid and Accurate Analysis of Arsenic in Highly Variable Grounwater Samples, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2005

Links and Podcasts

Website UFZ Leipzig

Fabermedia Report ARSOlux® in Bangladesh (5.1 MB)
Cambridge iGEM 2012 - An Interview with Konrad Siegfried