A Novel Method for Mutagenicity Test of Carcinogen by using a Series Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Bactrial Growth Sensor

ABSTRACT

A new method for mutagenicity testing of carcinogens is proposed in this paper. Mutagenic activity is examined through monitoring of the growth situation of Salmonella typhimurium TA98 strain with a series piezoelectric quartz crystal (SPQC) sensor. This method needs no immobilization and preincubation of microorganism, and is simple and rapid. It can be applied to detect mutagen directly. When it was used to study the mutagenicity of dimethyl sulfate, the test time was 4 h at 37°C. There was a good linear relationship between frequency shift and the dose of mutagen in the range 2.5-20 μg/mL and the regression equation was ∠F = 53.82 + 3.81C. Some experimental conditions are also discussed in detail.     

有机-无机杂化材料膜制备生物传感器用于在线生化需氧量的测定

用溶胶-凝胶与接枝共聚物组成的有机-无机杂化材料固定皮状丝孢酵母制备BOD生物传感器,在研制的在线BOD监测仪上考察其性能。结果表明,该传感器线性高达85．0mg／L BOD,稳定性良好、使用寿命长,可连续使用90d以上,保存14个月后仍可保持70％以上的活性。本方法用于实际样品分析,得到了与传统的5d法较一致的结果,可用于污水的在线监测。     

压电晶体传感器的研究进展

本文简要介绍了压电晶体传感器的基本原理,以及基于质量、粘度、电导率变化的溶液分析法。重点介绍了电化学石英晶体微天平（EQCM）、压电生物传感器;对具有很大发展潜力和重要应用价值的串联式压电传感器（SPQC）、串联式表面声波电导传感器（SAW）、液隔电极式压电传感器（ESPS）等也作了简要说明。     

生化需氧量微生物传感器的研究进展

生化需氧量(biochemical oxygen demanded，BOD)是衡量水污染程度必须测定的重要指标之一。然而，传统的5d法不能及时反映排放水的污染程度。因此，能够快速、准确测定BOD的微生物传感器近年来得到了迅速发展。本文综述了BOD微生物传感器及其商品化仪器的发展，并对能使BOD传感器与传统的5d法得到更为一致的结果的方法做了总结。     

A Rapid Method for Determination of Growth of Thiobacillus Ferrooxidans by Series Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal

ABSTRACT

A rapid and simple method for monitoring the growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is put forward by using a series piezoelectric quartz crystal (SPQC). The SPQC was applied to continuously determine the variation of frequency shift during the culture of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, with a conductive electrode as the probe. The frequency shift as a function of time agrees with a typical 'S - shape' model, a piezoelectric sensor responding well to the growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. The fundamentals for determination of the bacterial growth activity using the SPQC is also described; the frequency shift is only dependent on the electrical conductivity of the solution and the dielectric constant.     

Detection of Sulfur Dioxide Using a Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalance

Abstract

Sulfur dioxide was detected and determined in air by a piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor coated with 4-aminoantipyrine 1-hydroxyetil-2-heptadecenyl imidazol (amine 220) solution (1:1 v/v in chloroform). The analytical response curve is linear over the concentration range from 0.70 to 5.0 ppm of SO₂. Good linearities (r = 0.9990, 0.9995 and 0.9968) and sensitivities (18.0, 33.4 and 50.7 Hz/ppm) were found, respectively for exposure times of 30, 60 and 90 seconds. The sensor can be used for more than six months without loss in sensitivity and presented good reversibility and reproducibility. Among some possible interferents tested, only nitrogen dioxide and moisture caused major frequency changes.     

生化需氧量微生物传感器性能优化的研究

本文通过对几种微生物的筛选，找到活性较高的河流污泥微生物制成生化需氧量传感器，重点进行了培养基成分及测试条件等方面的优化，实验结果表明，电极对ＢＯＤ标准物质线性响应范围为１０－６０ｍｇ／Ｌ响应时间为１５ｍｉｎ，连续稳定地工作寿命在３０天以上，用于实际污水测定时，与ＢＯＤ５有良好的相关性。     

快速生化需氧量微生物传感器的应用

采用混合菌BODseed制备微生物传感器快速监测生化需氧量（BOD）,研究了矫正溶液选择、样品自降解及恒温装置对测量准确度的影响。 结果表明,采用葡萄糖 谷氨酸矫正溶液测得污水处理厂污水结果较BOD5方法偏低50%以上,而以污水本身制作矫正曲线取得了与BOD5一致的测试结果;样品在保存6 h后有机物自降解会使测量结果偏低40%;快速BOD在线监测时不仅需要对微生物传感器恒温,同时也需要对样品及缓冲溶液恒温,这有利于样品快速接近缓冲溶液温度,减少空气饱和时间,从而提高监测效率,提升测试准确度。     

间苯二酚杯[4]芳烃为涂层的压电石英传感器测定液相多巴胺

研究了以间苯二酚杯[4]芳烃为敏感涂层的石英压电晶体（PQC）传感器,在中 性磷酸盐缓冲液体系中对神经传递质多巴胺和抗坏血酸的响应,发现间苯二酚杯 [4]芳烃对多能上能下胺有很好的响应选择性,这归因于间苯二酚杯[4]芳烃与多巴 胺分子结构相匹配,形成主客体超分子体系。以间苯二酚杯[4]芳烃为涂层的POC传 感器对液相中多巴胺具有响应快、重现性好、灵敏度高的特点,线性响应范围为3. 5-500 μg/g。     

生物传感器快速测定生化需氧量的研究

生化需氧量(BOD)是一种表征水体有机污染程度的综合指标，广泛应用于水体监测和废水处理厂的运行控制中。由于BOD的标准测定方法需时5d，不能及时地反映水质状况和反馈处理信息，因此快速测定BOD的方法和仪器化研究近年来得到广泛的重视。其中利用生物传感器测定BOD是一种有效地快速测定废水中可生化降解有机物的方法。文章介绍了生物传感器的工作原理及其生物敏感材料，讨论了BOD快速测定值(BODst)与标准BOD5值的一致性问题。对目前市场上常见的几种BOD测定仪的性能进行了比较。     

A Selective Pharmaceutical Analysis Technique with Sensitive Piezoelectric Crystal Quartz Sensors

Abstract

The frequency shift of a piezoelectric crystal sensor showed a linear dependence on the concentration for drugs which can be hydrolyzed in base aqueous solutions, at a given reacting time after the addition of the base, when the base concentration is basically constant during the entire measurement period. The sensitivity of the analysis method was improved, if crystal responses at different reacting times were recorded and utilized to estimate component concentration, when used for determining atropine sulfate in a pharmaceutical compound. The analytical results indicated that the selective and sensitive analytical procedure could be easily applied in true low concentration pharmaceutical analysis.     

Assay of Glomalin Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance Biosensor

Glomalin is a soil protein abundantly occurring in the soil. In the current time, knowledge about glomalin is limited and there are also missing simple test for the determination of glomalin in the environment. This work is devoted to construction of a biosensor which is expected to be a simple device for the determination of glomalin in extracts from soil samples. The biosensor was constructed using an antibody against glomalin and piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor platform allowing label free assay. Electrodes of QCM were activated using cysteamine and glutaraldehyde and finally, an antibody against glomalin was immobilized. Glomalin was acquired from various soil samples by extraction in an autoclave and its content was determined by a standard spectrophotometric test. Time necessary to bind sufficient amount of glomalin was discovered for the biosensor and four hours incubation interval corresponded with maximal efficacy. Limit of detection for the biosensor based assay was found to be equal to 3.40 μg/g which is enough to cover all the tested soil samples containing glomalin in a concentration from 291 μg/g to 3.47 mg/g. The assay also fully correlated with the standard tests. In a conclusion, the piezoelectric biosensor seems to be a suitable platform for the determination of glomalin in samples of environment origin. The method represents an improvement of the current analytical platforms that are based on measurement of total protein content in soil extract.     

Electrodeless Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Sensor for Determination of Total Urinary Reducing Sugar

A glucose-sensing system was developed in which an electrodeless piezoelectric quartz crystal was used to measure mass changes on the surface of a quartz plate during the reduction of Ag(NH₃)⁺₂ by glucose. A satisfactory correlation was obtained between the frequency shift and the glucose concentration in the range 1.0–25 mM, and the total reducing sugar in urine was determined. Treatment with 8 M nitric acid after each measurement was effective for cleaning the quartz surface, and the electrodeless piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor possessed excellent reproducibility and reusability during repeated use over 400 times. For the determination of total reducing sugar in urine (or blood), the present method can avoid the interferences occurring in a colorimetric method such as the color and turbidity of clinical specimens.     

Determination of Albumin in Urine by a Quartz Crystal Microbalance Label-Free Assay

Albumin is a vital plasma protein in the control of osmotic pressure of human blood and is used as a screening marker for renal disease and Type I and Type II diabetic mellitus. A mass-sensitive immunosensor based on quartz crystal microbalance was used to determine microalbumin in urine on the antihuman albumin layer which was bonded to the protein A layer on the surface of a silver electrode. The analytical conditions were optimized for protein A and antihuman albumin on the electrode, and a calibration curve and the correlation between the microalbumin measured by the immunosensor and by a conventional method were evaluated. The results demonstrated that the optimal conditions for protein A coating on the silver electrode were 1?mg/ml and 2?h incubation at room temperature. The optimal conditions for antihuman albumin on the protein A-modified surface were 0.5?mg/ml at 2?h. The dose-response curve was linear from 0.0001 to 0.1?mg/ml. The comparison for the determination of microalbumin in urine by this method and a conventional approach showed good correlation with R²?=?0.999 (P?<?0.01). The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed 98.7% sensitivity, 100% specificity, and 1.00 for the area under the curve for the 0.02?mg/ml cutoff value. This system was label free and easy to use with high sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, the system may be used in place of commercial methods in the clinical laboratory.     

利用荧光响应的台式生化需氧量传感仪器的研制

利用氧荧光猝灭原理研制了台式生化需氧量(BOD)传感检测仪器。仪器的工作系统由检测系统和软件系统两部分组成。该检测仪操作简便,检测快速,可进行海水BOD含量的现场检测。仪器的性能考察结果表明,在0.5~50mg/L浓度范围内BOD响应的线性相关系数为0.9978。实际海水样品的检测结果显示,仪器对海水样品的平行测定结果相对标准偏差小于±5%,并且与标准五日生化需氧量(BOD5)方法所获得的数值的相关性为0.99。仪器具有较长的使用寿命和良好的稳定性。     

Monitoring Environmental WasteWater Using A Piezoelectric Impedance Microbial Sensing Technique

A new method was proposed for monitoring antibiotics and other pollutants based on the assessment of the growth of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) with a piezoelectric impedance analysis technique. During the growth process of S. aureus, the motional resistance variation ( jR₁) increases and the frequency shift ( jf) of the piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) decreases correspondingly. The two responses can conveniently be used in process analysis. Under the given experimental conditions, a linear relationship between the resistance detection time (RDT) and logarithm value of the concentration of penicillin was obtained in the range of 0.01-10 µg/ml with a detection limit of 4 2 10^-3µg/ml. Other antibiotics and pollutants also have the similar linear relationships. The proposed method is simple, convenient and sensitive. Particularly, it does not need the immobilization of the microorganism. This method was used for monitoring of wastewater from a hospital.     

A Universal Biofilm Reactor Sensor for the Determination of Biochemical Oxygen Demand of Different Water Areas

In this study, we developed a simple strategy to prepare a biofilm reactor (BFR) sensor for the universal biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) determination. The microorganisms in fresh water were domesticated by artificial seawater with different salinity gradients successively to prepare the BFR sensor. The prepared BFR sensor exhibits an efficient ability to degrade a variety of organic substances. The linear range of BOD determination by the BFR sensor is 1.0–10.0 mg/L⁻¹ with a correlation coefficient of 0.9951. The detection limit is 0.30 mg/L according to three times of signal-to-noise ratio. What is more, the BFR sensor displayed excellent performances for the BOD determination of different water samples, including both fresh water and seawater. The 16S-rRNA gene sequencing technology was used to analyze the microbial species before and after the domestication. The results show that it is a general approach for the rapid BOD determination in different water samples.     

环境水中化学需氧量的FI分光光度法自动在线检测

本文将流动注射分光光度法用于环境废水中化学需氧量（ＣＯＤ）的自动在线检测，方法线性范围在０－１００ｍｇ／Ｌ之间，相对标准偏差＜２％以葡萄糖和苯二甲酸氢钾混合液制备标准溶液，对标准参考水样ＣＯＤ含量（Ｃｒ值）的测定结果表明两者有良好的相关性（Ｒ＝０．９８８０）对环境水样中ＣＯＤ含量的动态变化连续１０ｈ模拟试验，自制的在线过滤装置稳定，未发生堵塞现象；该系统可以较好地跟踪水样中ＣＯＤ浓度的实际变化     

An Unexpected Frequency Response of A Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Sensor to the Density and Viscosity of the Liquid

An unexpected frequency response for a piezoelectric quartz crystal (PQC) sensor to liquid density and viscosity was reported. For a PQC oscillating in a liquid phase, the frequency shifts (△f) show a wave-shape response to liquid density (p) and viscosity 03) in fine structure, ifthe longitudinal wave effect was not eliminated. This result is different from the well-knownlinear relationship between of Af and (ρη)1/2. An oscillating frequency-temperature curve of thesensor was observed and explained.