Detection of pathogens in water using micro and nano-technology /
Detection of Pathogens in Water Using Micro and Nano-Technology aims to promote the uptake of innovative micro and nano-technological approaches towards the development of an integrated, cost-effective nano-biological sensor useful for security and environmental assays. The book describes the concer...
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Overview of European regulation and standards on microbiological water analysis / Sabine Müller and Jonathan Loeffler
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. European Regulation on Microbiological Analysis of Drinking Water
- 1.3. European Regulation on Microbiological Analysis of Recreational Water
- 1.4. European and International Standards for Microbiological Water Analysis
- Chapter 2: Risk analysis of bio-terroristic attacks on drinking water systems / Christian Mittermayr
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Definitions
- 2.3. Risk Analysis for Terrorism
- 2.4. Risk Analysis of Bio-Terroristic Attacks on Drinking Water Systems
- 2.5. Risk Estimation
- Chapter 3: Sample collection procedures for Online Contaminant Monitoring System / Miloslava Proksˇova´, Marianna Cíchová and Lívia Tóthová-- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Microbial Monitoring of Drinking Water
- 3.3. Sampling Plan
- 3.4. New Security Approaches for Drinking Water
- 3.5. New Approach of Online Contamination Monitoring Device (OCMD)
- 3.5.1. Location of OCMD in water system
- Chapter 4: A device to extract highly diluted specimens out of large volumes of water for analysis in lab-on-a-chip detection systems / Christoph Zeis
- 4.1. The Need for a Macro-to-Micro-Fluidic Interface
- 4.2. Principles of Separation
- 4.3. The Needle in the Haystack
- 4.4. Technical Description of the DINAMICS Concentration Apparatus
- 4.5. Conclusions
- Chapter 5: Sustainable DNA/RNA release methods for in-line waterborne pathogen screening devices / Hunor Sántha
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Survey on Pathogen-Lysis/Cell-Disruption Methods
- 5.3 Considerations for Water Samples and In-line (Quasi Continuous) operation
- 5.4 The Realised Case in The DINAMICS Project
- Chapter 6: The microsystem based core of the DINAMICS water testing system: Design considerations and realization of the chip units / Theo T. Veenstra
- 6.1 Microfluidics in DINAMICS
- 6.2 Layout of the Fluidic Parts of DINAMICS
- 6.3 Microfluidic Components in DINAMICS
- 6.4 Current Status
- 6.5 Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Electrochemical biosensor strategies for pathogen detection in water security / Daniele Gazzola, Simone Bonetti and Giampaolo Zuccheri
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Biosensor Strategies for Pathogen Detection in Water Security
- 7.3 Common Electrochemical Detection Systems for DNA Biosensors
- 7.4 The On-Chip Simplified Electrochemical Technique Developed in the DINAMICS Project
- Chapter 8: Biochemical and Nanotechnological Strategies for Signal Enhancement in the Detection of Nucleic Acids with Biosensors / Alessandra Vinelli, Manuele Onofri and Giampaolo Zuccheri8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Enhancement Methods Based on Enzymatic (or Catalyzed) Reactions
- 8.3 Enhancement Methods Based on Nanoparticles or Nanostructures
- 8.4 Method Based on DNA Nanostructures
- 8.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
- Chapter 9: Computational modelling of aqueous environments in micro and nanochannels / D. Mantzalis, K. Karantonis, N. Asproulis, L. Könözsy and D. Drikakis
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Effects of Physical Characteristics
- 9.3 Computational Approaches
- 9.4 Liquid Flow in Confined Geometries
- Chapter 10: Computational recipes of transport phenomena in micro and nanofluidics / N. Asproulis10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Modelling Approaches
- 10.3 Meta-Modelling for Macromolecules
- 10.4 Hybrid Continuum-Molecular Models
- References
- Chapter 11: Multi-detection of waterborne pathogens in raw and treated water samples by using ultrafiltration concentration and DNA array technology / Sophie Courtois, Anne Cajon, Aurore Romey, Fanny Poyet and Claude Mabilat
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Improved and Simplified Method for Concentrating Viral, Bacterial and Protozoan Pathogens
- 11.3 Integrated Protocol for Nucleic Acid Extraction, Amplification and Sequence Identification Through High Density Microarray
- 11.4 Results
- 11.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12: Detection and enumeration of waterborne mycobacteria / Joseph O. Falkinham III
- 12.1 Ecology of Waterborne Mycobacteria
- 12.2 Physiological Ecology of Waterborne Mycobacteria
- 12.3 Risk Analysis and Source-Tracking Environmental Mycobacteria
- 12.4 Sampling and Sample Treatment Strategies for Mycobacterial Detection and Enumeration
- 12.5 Mycobacterial Detection or Enumeration
- Chapter 13: New molecular technologies for the rapid detection of Legionella in water / E. Soria, M. A. Yáñez, R. Múrtula and V. Catalán
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Immunodetection and Legionella Fast Detection
- 13.3 Legionella Detection using Microfluidics
- 13.4 Future Research Directions
- Chapter 14: Detection of virus in the water environment / Johan Nordgren and Lennart Svensson
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Concentration of Virus from Water Samples
- 14.3 Detection and Quantification Methods
- 14.4 Perspectives
- References
- Chapter 15: Design of PCR primers for the detection of waterborne bacteria / Julien Gardès and Richard Christen
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 The Target Genes
- 15.3 Design of PCR Primers
- 15.4 DNA-Based Detection Technologies
- 15.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 16: Fluid structure and boundary slippage in nanoscale liquid films / Nikolai V. Priezjev
- 16.1 Abstract
- 16.2 Introduction
- 16.3 Molecular Dynamics Simulation Model
- 16.4 Results
- 16.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 17: Understanding slip at the nanoscale in fluid flows using atomistic simulations / T. E. Karakasidis and A. Liakopoulos
- 17.1 Introduction - Definition of Slip
- 17.2 Importance of Slip
- 17.3 Experimental Measurement of Slip
- 17.4 Atomistic Simulations
- 17.5 Atomistic Simulations Results About Slip
- 17.6 Conclusions
- References.
