Tissue-based water quality biosensors for detecting chemical warfare agents

摘要

A method of testing water to detect the presence of at least one chemical or biological warfare agent includes the steps of: ;a. exposing water to a measuring means for measuring photosynthetic activity of free-living indigenous photosynthetic organisms; ;b. measuring photosynthetic activity of indigenous photosynthetic organisms occurring naturally in the water to detect the presence of at least one chemical or biological warfare agent in the water.