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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Rahim Rahimi, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jose Waimin, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 41/36 (2013.01); C12M 41/46 (2013.01); G01N 27/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/0031 (2013.01); G01N 33/48735 (2013.01); C12M 41/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for assessing a microbial characteristic within a growing medium. Such a system assesses one or more microbial characteristics, such as biomass and/or microbial activity, within a growing medium, such as soil. Electrical properties of a microbially degradable material in contact with the growing medium are measured. The measurements are used to determine the microbial characteristic(s) based at least partly on degradation of the microbially degradable material.