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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicant:
Kerry L. Sublette, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventor:
Kerry L. Sublette, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Highly porous, beads are comprised of a polymer and a second compound mixed into it. The second compound, an amendment, is either a nutrient or a compound having high affinity to one or more nutrients. A plurality of these beads may be exposed to an aqueous environment, usually a body of water. Bacteria and other microorganisms rapidly enter and remain within the nutrient filled interior space of the beads. Any of a number of various detection methods may then be used to characterize, detect and/or identify the microorganisms.