Biosensors: A Biotechnological Tool for Monitoring Environmental Pollution

Biosensors applicability lies in domains, such as defence, food analysis, agriculture, industrial processes, medical diagnosis, and environmental monitoring, etc. This chapter starts with a general introduction about the title followed by the classification of biosensors and applications in the area of environmental investigations and examining. The various approaches concerning diverse biocomponents, principle, transducers, and their application for different group of analytes and environmental contaminants have been deliberated upon.