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LASER/BACTERIAL ASSAY SYSTEM FOR TOXICANT DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Agriculture 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
9316 		Program Year/Program:
1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
9316 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Technical Assessment Inc.
1000 Potomac St Nw Washington, DC 20007
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1988
Title: LASER/BACTERIAL ASSAY SYSTEM FOR TOXICANT DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION
Agency: USDA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,000.00
 

Abstract:

A LASER/BACTERIAL ASSAY SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING TOXIC CHEMICALS AND NATURAL TOXINS IN FOOD, WATER AND SOIL WILL BE REFINED AND FIELD TESTED. THE SCIENTIFIC FEASIBILI TY OF USING A LIGHT SCATTERING LASER SYSTEM WITH A BATTERY ORF ISOGENIC BACILLUS SUBTILLIS STRAINS GENETICALLY ENGIN EERED TO RESPOND UNIQUELY TO SPECIFIC TOXICANTS HAS BEEN DE-MONSTRATED. THIS TECHNOLOGY DETERMINE THE EXACT RESPONSE PATTERN IN THE PRESENCE OF NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA (FOOD,WATER, SOIL). THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DEMONSTRATED IN THE LABORATORY AND FIELD SETTINGS, WITH CONFIRMATORY TRADITIONALANALYTICAL TESTING BEING CONDUCTED IN PARALLEL WORK. THE LASER/BACTERIAL ASSAY WILL BE MODIFIED FOR A PORTABLE SYSTEMAND FIELD TESTED DEMONSTRATING THE FLEXIBILITY AND STABILITYOF THE BIOLOGICAL AND LASER COMPONENTS. PARAMETERS TO BE TESTED WILL INCLUDE STABILITY, PORTABILITY,SENSITIVITY, SEL-ECTIVITY,REPRODUCIBILITY,AND VERSATILITY OF THE ASSAY SYSTEMITS USE FOR MONITORING PESTICIDE AND FOOD ADDITIVE RESIDUES IN PLANT AND ANIMAL SAMPLES, WATER CONTAMINANTS AND SOIL CONTAMINANTS WILL BE DEMONSTRATED.

Principal Investigator:

Dr ira cecil felkner
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Technical Assessment Systems
1000 Potomac Street Nw Washington, DC 20007

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No