Biological activity probe
A biological activity probe for the detection on-line of the presence of sulphide including an enzyme electrode; a counter electrode; a reference electrode; and if desired a corrosion electrode. The enzyme electrode includes an immobilised source of sulfide oxidase enzyme, together with a cofactor s...
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Zusammenfassung: | A biological activity probe for the detection on-line of the presence of sulphide including an enzyme electrode; a counter electrode; a reference electrode; and if desired a corrosion electrode. The enzyme electrode includes an immobilised source of sulfide oxidase enzyme, together with a cofactor such as 1,1'-dimethylferrocene, immobilised in a water permeable non-conducting binder on a biologically inert electrically conducting substrate. The immobilised source of sulfide oxidase enzyme is either a chemoautotropic microorganism such as a Thiobacillus thioparus, or enzyme material recovered from a culture of a Thiobacillus thioparus. The probe when connected to a suitable electrical system is capable of identifying microbiological activity resulting in microbiologically influenced corrosion; microbiological activity not resulting in microbiologically influenced corrosion; microbiological inactivity, coupled with non-microbiologically influenced corrosion; and microbiological inactivity; and no corrosion. |
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