Methods for forming microcultures within porous media
US6908556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W10/40
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Highly porous, beads are comprised of a polymer and a second compound mixed into it. The second compound, an amendment, is either a nutrient or a compound having high affinity to one or more nutrients. A plurality of these beads may be exposed to an aqueous environment, usually a body of water. Bacteria and other microorganisms rapidly enter and remain within the nutrient filled interior space of the beads. Any of a number of various detection methods may then be used to characterize, detect and/or identify the microorganisms.
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