TITLE:
Portable Diagnostic Platform for Detection of Microorganisms Coliforms and E. coli
AUTHORS:
Natália Faria Romão, Nathalia Aparecida Costa Pereira, Maribel Elizabeth Funes-Huacca, Luciana Gatto Brito
KEYWORDS:
Portable Device, Bacterial Contamination, Environment
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Microbiology,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: Portable diagnostic devices are a viable and low-cost alternative for the detection of pathogens, since they reduce the time of analysis of results availability. Ease of sample collection and quick diagnosis allow this new input to be applied in the diagnosis of the main contaminating microorganisms present in the water. Laboratory tests evaluated the technical viability of the diagnostic device, using commercial strains which were inoculated and optimized in the devices and their growth compared to the conventional method in Petri dishes. Samples of 100 μL bacterial suspension were tested and compared with the traditional sample inoculation method. The device viability was determined by detecting characteristic bacterial colonies in a specific culture medium through the colorimetric development of the obtained colonies. The feasibility assessments allow us to affirm that the device enables both qualitative and quantitative detection of the target bacteria present in liquid samples, and is promising to be applied to assess the quality of water, food and environmental surfaces.