System for Rapid Biohydrogen Phenotypic Screening of Microorganisms Using a Chemochromic Sensor

Provided is a system for identifying a hydrogen gas producing organism. The system includes a sensor film having a first layer comprising a transition metal oxide or oxysalt and a second layer comprising a hydrogen-dissociative catalyst metal, the first and second layers having an inner and an outer surface wherein the inner surface of the second layer is deposited on the outer surface of the first layer, and a substrate adjacent to the outer surface of the second layer, the organism isolated on the substrate.

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Patents:
US 6,448,068   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): Timothy Michael Flynn; David K. Benson; Michael Seibert

Type of Offer: Licensing



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