Journal
ACS SENSORS
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 1637-1643Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00484
Keywords
microbial three-electrode cell (M3C); biosensor; formaldehyde; toxicity; inhibition ratio
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21675151, 21405148, 21505123]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2013YQ170585, 2016YFA0203201]
- Foundation of Young Scholars of Jilin Province, China [20150520010JH]
- Science and Technology Agency of Jilin Province [20150203020GX]
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The monitoring of toxicity of water is very important to estimate the safety of drinking water and the level of water pollution. Herein, a small microbial three-electrode cell (M3C) biosensor filled with polystyrene particles was proposed for online monitoring of the acute water toxicity. The peak current of the biosensor related with the performance of the bioanode was regarded as the toxicity indicator, and thus the acute water toxicity could be determined in terms of inhibition ratio by comparing the peak current obtained with water sample to that obtained with nontoxic standard water. The incorporation of polystyrene particles in the electrochemical cell not only reduced the volume of the samples used, but also improved the sensitivity of the biosensor. Experimental conditions including washing time with PBS and the concentration of sodium acetate solution were optimized. The stability of the M3C biosensor under optimal conditions was also investigated. The M3C biosensor was further examined by formaldehyde at the concentration of 0.01%, 0.03%, and 0.05% (v/v), and the corresponding inhibition ratios were 14.6%, 21.6%, and 36.4%, respectively. This work provides a new insight into the development of an online toxicity detector based on M3C biosensor.
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