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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Prolific Earth Sciences Corporation, Englewood, NJ (US);
Judith Fitzpatrick, Englewood, NJ (US);
Prolific Earth Sciences Corporation, Englewood, NJ (US);
Abstract
Devices, methods, and kits for easy, accurate, and fast estimation of soil microbial load are provided. The devices include membranes that are rapidly wettable with aqueous fluids and retain soil microorganisms of up to 200 micrometers in size, without retaining soil pigments. The method requires reconstituting a soil sample in an extraction fluid so that the microorganisms in the soil sample are released from particles of the soil sample and into the extraction fluid. The method does not require a filtration step. The extraction fluid containing the microorganisms suspended therein is then pipetted onto the membrane device, or the membrane is dipped into the extraction fluid. The color appearing on the membrane is then compared to color intensity gray scale strips to determine the soil microbial load.
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