title: Optical biosensor for the determination of BOD in seawater.
abstract: An automatic sensing system was developed using an optical BOD sensing film. The sensing film consists of an organically modified silicate (ORMOSIL) film embedded with an oxygen-sensitive Ru complex. A multi-microorganisms immobilization method was developed for the BOD sensing film preparation. Three different kinds of microorganisms, Bacillus licheniformis, Dietzia maris and Marinobacter marinus from seawater, were immobilized on a polyvinyl alcohol ORMOSILs. After preconditioning, the BOD biosensor could steadily perform well up to 10 months. The linear fluctuant coefficients (R(2)) in the range of 0.3-40mgL(-1) was 0.985 when a glucose/glutamate BOD standard was applied. The reproducible response for the BOD sensing film could be obtained within +/-2.3% of the mean value in a series of 10 samples in 5.0mgL(-1) BOD standard GGA solution. The effects of temperature, pH and sodium chloride concentration on the two microbial films were studied as well. The BOD sensing system was tested and applied for the BOD determination of seawater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Yaqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Lai-Long
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaoru
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kwok-Yin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wong