@article{oai:oist.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002006,
 author = {Tardy, Gábor Márk and Lóránt, Bálint and Gyalai-Korpos, Miklós and Bakos, Vince and Simpson, David and Goryanin, Igor},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Biotechnology Letters},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {OBJECTIVES: Single-chamber air cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were applied as biosensors for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) measurement of real wastewaters with considerable suspended and/or slowly biodegradable organic content. 
RESULTS: The measurement method consists of batch sample injection, continuous measurement of cell voltage and calculation of total charge (Q) gained during the biodegradation of organic content. Diverse samples were analyzed: acetate and peptone samples containing only soluble readily biodegradable substrates; corn starch and milk samples with suspended and colloidal organics; real domestic and brewery wastewaters. Linear regression fitted to the Q vs. BOD5 measurement points of the real wastewaters provided high (> 0.985) R(2) values. Time requirement of the measurement varied from 1 to 4 days, depending on the composition of the sample. 
CONCLUSIONS: Relative error of BOD measured in the MFCs comparing with BOD5 was less than 10%, thus the method might be a good basis for the development of on-site automatic BOD sensors for real wastewater samples.},
 pages = {445--454},
 title = {Microbial fuel cell biosensor for the determination of biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater samples containing readily and slowly biodegradable organics},
 volume = {43},
 year = {2020}
}