摘要 |
A device and method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively detecting Legionella in water or aqueous solutions comprising at least one inlet for introducing a sample volume into a filtration cell, a filtration device, a device for separating immunomagnetically bonded Legionella, a detection cell, a device for transferring immunomagnetically bonded Legionella into the detection cell, a device for exciting a fluorescence of Legionella having fluorescent marking, and a detector unit for detecting the fluorescence of Legionella having fluorescent marking is provided. The microorganisms present in a sample volume can be filtered out of the sample volume by means of the filtration device in the filtration cell, immunomagnetic compounds for selectively marking Legionella can be introduced into the retentate of the filtration cell, and the immunomagnetically bonded Legionella can be separated from other microorganisms by means of the device and transferred into the detection cell by means of a transfer device.
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