Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving viable micro-organism
Patent
1999-08-31
2000-11-14
Leary, Louise N.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving viable micro-organism
435 30, 435 31, 435 34, 4352553, 4352831, 4352851, 435968, C12Q 124, C12Q 102, C12Q 122, C12Q 104
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ABSTRACT:
A sentinel chamber for containing microorganisms in a matrix, and methods for the use of the chamber in studying organisms in the field. The matrix is typically the same material as that within which the chamber will be placed. The chamber is made of a cylindrical body having a porous filter at each end. The filter at one end is contained under a snap-on cap, making the filling of the chamber quick and easy. The method of the invention uses the sentinel chambers to study the characteristics and survival of a sentinel organism in a particular environment. The medium present in the environment (i.e. soil, manure, sewage sludge, etc.) is placed in the sentinel chamber and a quantity of the sentinel organism (i.e. C. parvum oocysts) is injected into the medium. A filter is placed across the open end of the chamber, and held in place by the cap. The sentinel chamber is then buried or immersed in the environment (i.e. a field, manure pile, septic tank). After a specified time, during which the conditions in the environment are monitored, the sentinel chamber is removed and the organism studied.
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Bowman Dwight D.
Ghiorse William C.
Jenkins Michael B.
Miller Timothy
Cornell Research Foundation Inc.
Leary Louise N.
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