Other NMT Applications

Bio-waste Treatment
Microbiology & Food Safety

Bio-waste Treatment

Specific Use

Detect ability of uptake to nitrate and ammonium in bioflim
Evaluate the results of waste water treatment
Screening and finding bacteria or microbe for waste treatment
Ensure safety standards are met

The major aim of wastewater treatment is to remove as much of the suspended solids as possible before the remaining water, called effluent, is discharged back to the environment. As solid material decays, it uses up oxygen, which is needed by the plants and animals living in the water. "Primary treatment" removes nitrate, ammonium, heavy metals and other contaminants. So, we may know that the effect of detoxicity and denitrification by the NO₃^-, NH₄⁺, O₂ fluxes etc using NMT technique.

Non-invasive detect biofilm analyte flux.

McLamore ES, et al. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2009, 102(3):791-799.

Microbiology & Food Safety

Detect acidification by H⁺ flux and pH in micobe
Rapidly detect key changes and targets of microbe in food

The ability of certain microbe or yeasts to grow at low ambient pH in the presence of lipophilic weak-acid preservatives inflicts heavy losses on the food and beverage industries. The plasma membrane H⁺-extruding H⁺-ATPase is firmly implicated in the ability of S. cerevisiae to resist intracellular acidification caused by weak organic acids. The effect of long-term benzoic acid exposure on cellular K⁺ of both Z. bailii and S. cerevisiae has been examined as a test of the importance of K⁺ uptake in adaptive growth.

Plasma membrane H⁺ and K⁺ transporters are involved in the weak-acid preservative response of disparate food spoilage yeasts.

Macpherson N, et al. Microbiology. 2005, 151(6): 1995-2003.