Authors: Elodie CT Descamps Damien Meunier Catherine Brutesco Sandra Prévéral Nathalie Franche Ingrid Bazin Bertrand Miclot Philippe Larosa Camille Escoffier JeanRaphael Fantino Daniel Garcia Mireille Ansaldi Agnès Rodrigue David Pignol Pierre Cholat Nicolas Ginet
Publish Date: 2016/11/12
Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-72
Abstract
The use of biosensors as sensitive and rapid alert systems is a promising perspective to monitor accidental or intentional environmental pollution but their implementation in the field is limited by the lack of adapted inline water monitoring devices We describe here the design and initial qualification of an analyzer prototype able to accommodate three types of biosensors based on entirely different methodologies immunological wholecell and bacteriophage biosensors but whose responses rely on the emission of light We developed a custom light detector and a reaction chamber compatible with the specificities of the three systems and resulting in statutory detection limits The water analyzer prototype resulting from the COMBITOX project can be situated at level 4 on the Technology Readiness Level TRL scale and this technical advance paves the way to the use of biosensors onsiteThis work was funded by the French national research agency ANR on the callforproject ECOTECH project COMBITOX and also supported by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives program NRBC
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