Method for determining the amount of anammox bacteria
AssigneeUniversitäT Innsbruck
InventorsThomas Pümpel, Sabine Marie Podmirseg
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Abstract
A method and a kit for determining the amount of anammox bacteria in a bioreactor, comprising the steps of: i) removing a sample from the bioreactor; iii) mixing the sample with alkali; v) heating the samples to at least 60° C.; vi) separating solid components; vii) adding a reducing agent to the liquid phase; viii) measuring the translucence of the liquid phase in a spectrophotometer at three wavelengths ranging from 500 to 600 nm; ix) comparing the measured translucence to a reference spectrum.
Claims15
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A method of determining the amount of anammox bacteria in a bioreactor, comprising:
- i) removing a sample from the bioreactor;
- iii) mixing the sample with alkali;
- v) heating the sample to at least 60° C.;
- vi) separating solid components from a liquid phase in the sample;
- vii) adding a reducing agent to the liquid phase;
- viii) measuring the translucence of the liquid phase in a spectrophotometer at three wavelengths ranging from 500 to 600 nm;
- ix) comparing the measured translucence to a reference spectrum.
A kit comprising a sample vessel, an alkali or alkaline solution, a reducing agent, and a spectrophotometer, which is operable at least at three wavelengths ranging from 500 to 600 nm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.