摘要 |
<p>The invention is a quantitative method for measuring the consump tion of a substrate in a microbially catalysed reaction. It involves the incubating of the sample substrate with an excess of a microorganism and an excess of a co-substrate until the substrate has been oxidised to a predetermined end point, and measuring the quantity of reduction of a co-substrate. The method can be used for the rapid determination of the BOD or the biological toxicity of the sample substrate.</p> |