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The use of co-immobilization of Trichosporon cutaneum and Bacillus licheniformis for a BOD sensor

  • L. Suriyawattanakul
  • , W. Surareungchai
  • , P. Sritongkam
  • , M. Tanticharoen
  • , K. Kirtikara
  • K. Mongkut's Univ. Technol. Thonburi
  • National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)

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Abstract

The microorganisms Trichosporon cutaneum and Bacillus licheniformis were used to develop a microbial biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) sensor. It was found that T. cutaneum gave a greater response to glucose, whereas B. licheniformis gave a better response to glutamic acid. Hence, co-immobilized T. cutaneum and B. licheniformis were used to construct a glucose and glutamic acid sensor with improved sensitivity and dynamic range. A membrane loading of T. cutaneum at 1.1×108 cells ml-1 cm-2 and B. licheniformis at 2.2×108 cells ml-1 cm-2 gave the optimum result: a linear range up to 40 mg BOD l-1 with a sensitivity of 5.84 nA mg-1 BOD l. The optimized BOD sensor showed operation stability for 58 intermittent batch measurements, with a standard deviation of 0.0362 and a variance of 0.131 nA. The response time of the co-immobilized microbial BOD sensor was within 5-10 min by steady-state measurement and the detection limit was 0.5 mg BOD l-1. The BOD sensor was insensitive to pH in the range of pH 6.8-7.2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40-44
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume59
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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