[A study on bio-electrochemical method for detecting environment-polluted germs]

Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Dec;24(6):1237-40.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Hyperplasia of germs in biologic cell can consume certain amount of oxygen and thus will lay the foundation on which to metabolize and produce some substance. Using a Biologic cell, we have designed a kind of electric equipment for measurement which can quickly detect the environment-polluted germs, and take a sample of the environment-polluted germs in fresh milk and the microzyme in the process of beer produced. Adding proper amount of bio-coenzyme and ion-incentive to the germs liquor, we use the electric equipment to detect the sample in order to investigate the process of electron generation and germ's metabolization, including the measurement of the oxidation-reduction between the pole and the coenzyme, and the electrochemistry process of every reaction matter in the liquor. The result of our study shows that the method can effectively check the germ's number in fresh milk, and when compared to the traditional method (plate cultivating germs), it has the advantages of quickness, convenience and timeliness.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Beer / microbiology*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Cattle
  • Electrochemistry
  • Food Contamination / analysis
  • Milk / microbiology*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity