Rapid ATP-Glow for Biological Decontamination Efficacy Test.

摘要

Report developed under STTR contract for topic 'Army02-T016'. A plate count method has been traditionally used to determine the effectiveness of anti- microbial agents in decontamination efficacy testing. This method requires large amounts of microbiological growth media and takes several days to produce results. Maxwell Sensors Inc. (MSI) and the Office of Homeland Security at the Southern Research Institute (SRI) propose to develop a rapid quantitative assay and platform based on the cellular ATP-Glow mechanism for determining the efficacy of biological threat agent decontamination.