PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND/OR QUANTIFYING BATERIOPHAGES CAPABLE OF INFECTING A PREDETERMINED BACTERIAL HOST STRAIN, USE OF A MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING SAID BACTERIOPHAGES AND MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR FOR CARRYING OUT SAID PROCESS

摘要

The process, system and device being claimed are based on the measurement of the changes in impedance produced in the interface of an electrode whereonto bacteria from a host strain have been previously adhered for detecting the desired bacteriophage. The changes produced in said electrode-bacteria interface originate in the phagic action of the bacteriophages on the bacteria adhered onto the surface of the work electrode of a microelectronic sensor device.