• DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.009
Corpus ID: 18210392

Development of an automated ballast water treatment verification system utilizing fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis as a measure of treatment efficacy.

@article{Akram2015DevelopmentOA,
  title={Development of an automated ballast water treatment verification system utilizing fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis as a measure of treatment efficacy.},
  author={A. Akram and S. Noman and R. Moniri-Javid and J. P. Gizicki and E. A. Reed and S. Singh and A. Basu and F. Banno and M. Fujimoto and J. Ram},
  journal={Water research},
  year={2015},
  volume={70},
  pages={
          404-13
        }
}

A. Akram, S. Noman, +7 authors J. Ram

Published 2015

Chemistry, Medicine

Water research

Methods for verifying ballast water treatments in foreign vessels are needed to protect the Great Lakes from the discharge of live non-native organisms or pathogens. A prototype automated viability test system using fluorescein diacetate (FDA), a membrane permeable fluorogen, to differentiate live from dead bacteria and algae is described. The automated fluorescence intensity detection device (AFIDD) captures cultured algae or organisms in Detroit River water (simulated ballast water) on 0.2 μm… CONTINUE READING

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