DETECTION OF MICROORGANISMS IN LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL

• Main Author: KELLEY, JOAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.08.2012
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICS; TESTING

A method of analysis of a hydrocarbon fuel for the presence of a micro-organism comprises contacting a fuel sample with an aqueous diluent and with an antibody reactive with the micro-organism, or reactive with a metabolite or breakdown product produced by the micro-organism, to detect the presence...