MAGNETIC SEPARATION PROCESS USING CARBOXYL-FUNCTIONALIZED SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOCLUSTERS

摘要

A process including: contacting a plurality of carboxyl-functionalized superparamagnetic nanoclusters with a liquid sample potentially comprising at least one microorganism strain; magnetically separating at least some of the carboxyl-functionalized superparamagnetic nanoclusters from at least a portion of the liquid sample; and, assaying the magnetically-separated superparamagnetic nanoclusters for evidence of the at least one microorganism strain having been non-specifically bound thereto.