Bacterial Respiration Used as a Proxy to Evaluate the Bacterial Load in Cooling Towers.

Stepan Toman, Bruno Kiilerich, Ian P G Marshall, Klaus Koren

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Measuring bacterial oxygen consumption rate to probe metabolic signature and antimicrobial susceptibility.European biophysics journal : EBJ · 2026
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4 authors.

Stepan TomanCentre for Water Technology, Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.

Bruno KiilerichGrundfos Holding A/S, Poul Due Jensens Vej 7, 8850 Bjerringbro, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-3233-4107

Ian P G MarshallCenter for Electromicrobiology, Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.

Klaus KorenCentre for Water Technology, Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7537-3114

Funding

CSRD VA 1Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond DFF-8048-00057BDanmarks Grundforskningsfond DNRF136

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaporative cooling towers to dissipate excess process heat are essential installations in a variety of industries. The constantly moist environment enables substantial microbial growth, causing both operative challenges (e.g., biocorrosion) as well as health risks due to the potential aerosolization of pathogens. Currently, bacterial levels are monitored using rather slow and infrequent sampling and cultivation approaches. In this study, we describe the use of metabolic activity, namely oxygen respiration, as an alternative measure of bacterial load within cooling tower waters. This method is based on optical oxygen sensors that enable an accurate measurement of oxygen consumption within a closed volume. We show that oxygen consumption correlates with currently used cultivation-based methods (R

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Bacterial LoadWater MicrobiologyBacteriaIndustryOxygenOxygenbacterial analysiscooling towerindustrial monitoringoptodeoxygen

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PMID33182471

DOI10.3390/s20216398

PMCPMC7665125

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