MICROORGANISM ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT SENSOR AND MICROORGANISM ACTIVITY EVALUATION METHOD

• Main Authors: HIRASE TATSURO, HASHIMOTO YOHEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.06.2019
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

To provide a microorganism activity measurement sensor and a microorganism activity evaluation method, capable of directly measuring a microorganism activity in various conditions easily and quickly.SOLUTION: A microorganism activity measurement sensor and a microorganism activity evaluation method include: a first cell 11 and a second cell 12 partitioned by a cation-exchange membrane 20; an electrode arranged in each of the cells; and an electrochemical measurement tool 40 configured to apply and/or observe an electrical signal to the electrode, in which a microorganism to serve as a measuring object is put in one cell, and a mediator M is added at least to the cell with the microorganism put in.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】種々の条件における微生物の活性を簡易かつ迅速に直接測定することが可能な微生物活性測定センサ及び微生物活性の評価方法を提供する。【解決手段】陽イオン交換膜２０で仕切られた第１のセル１１及び第２のセル１２と、各セルに配置された電極と、電極に対し電気的な信号を印加及び／又は観測する電気化学計測器４０とを備え、測定対象となる微生物を一方のセルに投入し、かつ少なくとも微生物が投入されるセルにはメディエータＭを添加することを特徴とする微生物活性測定センサ及び微生物活性の評価方法。【選択図】図１