microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential measurement
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Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-
potential measurement
Dr Oliveacuter ReichartDr Katalin Szakmaacuter
Introduction
MicroTester as a validated method is suitable for rapid microbiological testing of mineral water carbonated water tank and running drinking water and other types of water The time needed for a reliable detection of microorganisms is of key importance in water industry the real-time (or at least as fast as possible) monitoring of the microbiological properties of the production is indispensable in public water supply the essential basis of the epidemiological and public health measures is the fast and reliable result of the microbiological inspection Beside the most important and most widely inspected microbiological contaminants the most relevant disturbing flora was involved to the validation process as well
Theoretical base
The energy source of the growth is the biological oxidation which results in a reduction in the environment
This is due to the oxygen depletion and the production of reducing compounds in the nutrient medium
A typical oxidation-reduction reaction in biological systems
[Oxidant] + [H+] + n e- [Reductant]
A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
DC Detection CriterionTTD Time to Detection
Microorganisms
The most frequently tested contaminant microorganisms in mineral water productions are
ColiformsEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaEnterococcus faecalisTotal count (22 degC and 37 degC)
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Introduction
MicroTester as a validated method is suitable for rapid microbiological testing of mineral water carbonated water tank and running drinking water and other types of water The time needed for a reliable detection of microorganisms is of key importance in water industry the real-time (or at least as fast as possible) monitoring of the microbiological properties of the production is indispensable in public water supply the essential basis of the epidemiological and public health measures is the fast and reliable result of the microbiological inspection Beside the most important and most widely inspected microbiological contaminants the most relevant disturbing flora was involved to the validation process as well
Theoretical base
The energy source of the growth is the biological oxidation which results in a reduction in the environment
This is due to the oxygen depletion and the production of reducing compounds in the nutrient medium
A typical oxidation-reduction reaction in biological systems
[Oxidant] + [H+] + n e- [Reductant]
A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
DC Detection CriterionTTD Time to Detection
Microorganisms
The most frequently tested contaminant microorganisms in mineral water productions are
ColiformsEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaEnterococcus faecalisTotal count (22 degC and 37 degC)
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Theoretical base
The energy source of the growth is the biological oxidation which results in a reduction in the environment
This is due to the oxygen depletion and the production of reducing compounds in the nutrient medium
A typical oxidation-reduction reaction in biological systems
[Oxidant] + [H+] + n e- [Reductant]
A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
DC Detection CriterionTTD Time to Detection
Microorganisms
The most frequently tested contaminant microorganisms in mineral water productions are
ColiformsEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaEnterococcus faecalisTotal count (22 degC and 37 degC)
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
DC Detection CriterionTTD Time to Detection
Microorganisms
The most frequently tested contaminant microorganisms in mineral water productions are
ColiformsEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaEnterococcus faecalisTotal count (22 degC and 37 degC)
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Microorganisms
The most frequently tested contaminant microorganisms in mineral water productions are
ColiformsEscherichia coliPseudomonas aeruginosaEnterococcus faecalisTotal count (22 degC and 37 degC)
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Method validation
SelectivityLinearitySensitivityDetection limitRepeatability Robustness
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Selectivity 1
Coliforms and Acinetobacter lwoffii in BBL(Ko Klebsiella oxytoca Ent Enterobacter aerogenes Citro
Citrobacter freundii Ec Escherichia coli Acin Acinetobacter
lwoffii)
Coliforms and Acinetobacter in BBL
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
KolgN=355 Citro lgN=3 Ent lgN=348
Ec lgN=367 Acin lgN=365
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Selectivity 2
Micrococcus and Enterococcus in Azid broth
Enterococcus and Micrococcus
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20
t (h)
Eh (m
V)
Enterococcus Micrococcus
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Selectivity 3
Growth in Cetrimide broth
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 5 10 15 20 25
t (min)
Eh
(m
V)
Ps aeruginosa Ps fluoresc E coli Enterococcus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens E coli and Enterococcus faecalis in Cetrimid broth
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
LinearityThe linear relationship between the logarithm of the cell concentration and TTD values is demonstrated by the calibration curves From the concentrated suspensions of the test microorganisms tenfold dilution series were prepared in physiological salt solution From the members of the dilution series the redox-potential test flasks were inoculated with 10 ml suspension and the TTD values were determined
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Linearity
Calibration curves of Coliforms
Coliforms in BBL
y = -1699x + 17004
R2 = 09958y = -1471x + 1426
R2 = 09714
y = -13506x + 12896
R2 = 09941
y = -11775x + 10184
R2 = 099070
5
10
15
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
lgN (cfucell)
TT
D (
h)
Citrobacter Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter E coli (37 degC)
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Linearity
Calibration curve of E coli
Escherichia coli
y = -08393x + 71607
R2 = 09988
0
2
4
6
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
logN100 ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Linearity
Calibration curve of Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus Azid
y = -15873x + 13222
R2 = 09859
0
5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Linearity
Calibration curve of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cetrimid
y = -25536x + 23709
R2 = 09882
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Linearity Total count (37 degC)
y = -10135x + 87505
R2 = 09973
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
logN100ml
TT
D (
h)
Calibration curve of total count
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Sensitivity
Microorganism Broth Regression equation Sensitivity
(minlog unit)
Citrobacter freundii BBL TTD (min) = 1190 - 132lgN
132
Klebsiella oxytoca BBL TTD (min) = 856 ndash 88lgN
88
Enterobacter aerogenes
BBL TTD (min) = 774 ndash 81lgN
81
Escherichia coli BBL TTD (min) = 596 ndash 68lgN
68
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimid
TTD (min) = 1440 ndash 155lgN
155
Enterococcus faecalis Azid TTD (min) = 836 ndash 92lgN
92
The sensitivity of the measuring method was determined as the slope of the
calibration curves
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Detection limit
The detection limit is 1 celltest flask so the system is suitable for the absencepresence tests so considerable costs and time could be saved with more membrane filters joined together
On the base of the calibration curves the range lasted from 1 to 7 log unit
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Repeatability
The repeatability calculated from the calibration curves
SDlgN = 0092
SDN = 100092 = 124 = 24
which complies with the requirements of microbiological methods
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Quality control tests 72 bottles tested for Coliform
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral
water with 1 filter placing 4 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 12 bottles of mineral water
Positive control 1 ml of Citrobacter freundii suspension (lgN = 366)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 72 bottles
72 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1 - 12 13 - 24 25 - 36 37 - 48
49 - 60 61 - 72 Citrobacter
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Quality control test
Bottles 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72
Laboratory negative negative negative negative negative negative
Redox negative negative negative negative negative negative
Results of 72 bottles test
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
66 bottles tested for Coliforms
Testing method of Laboratory Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter Cultivation Tergitol agar at 37 degC for 48 h One Petri dish represents 3 bottles of mineral water
Redox-potential measurement method Membrane filtering of 3x250 ml mineral water
with 1 filter placing 3 membranes into 1 test flask containing BBL broth Temperature 37 degC One test flask represents 9 bottles of mineral water
Besides the mineral water two technological water samples were tested for Coliforms
Positive control 1 ml of Escherichia coli suspension (lgN = 67)
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Quality control test
Results of redox-potential measurement of 66 bottles
66 bottles
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
t (h)
Eh
(m
V)
1-9 10-18 19-27 28-36 37-45 46-5455-63 64-66 Ecoli (+) Negativ
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Quality control test
Samples 1-66 Bottles Water sample 1 Water sample 2
Laboratory results negative negative negative
Redox method negative negative negative
Results of 66 bottles test
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Detection time of one cell
Microbe One cell detection time (h)
Escherichia coli 11Citrobacter freundii 23Pseudomonas aeruginosa 24Enterococcus faecalis15
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Results of industrial tests
MicrobeAll
measurements (piece)
Match the
standard test ()
False positive results
()
False negative results
()
Escherichia coli
942 9989 011 000
Coliform 4674 9987 000 013
Enterococcus
3000 9993 000 007
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa3372 9982 006 012
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-
Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
Very simple measurement technique Rapid method especially in the case of
high contamination Applicable for every nutrient broth Especially suitable for the evaluation of
the membrane filter methods The test costs are less than those of the
classical methods especially in the case of zero tolerance (Coliforms Enterococcus Pseudomonas etc)
- Microbiological inspection of mineral water by redox-potential
- Introduction
- Theoretical base
- A typical redox curve of the microbial growth
- Microorganisms
- Method validation
- Selectivity 1
- Selectivity 2
- Selectivity 3
- Linearity
- Linearity (2)
- Linearity (3)
- Linearity (4)
- Linearity (5)
- Linearity (6)
- Sensitivity
- Detection limit
- Repeatability
- Quality control tests
- Quality control test
- Quality control test (2)
- 66 bottles tested for Coliforms
- Quality control test (3)
- Quality control test (4)
- Detection time of one cell
- Results of industrial tests
- Advantages of the redox-potential measurement
-