Portable detection system for aeromonas salmonicida in seawater aquaculture systems

At INL, we have developed a Portable Quantification System for A. salmonicida, which is composed of an integrated electrochemical detection system, based on lab-on-a-chip technology, integrating microfabricated electrodes and microfluidics with a read-out portable platform, with an impedance analyser integrated circuit, for the acquisition of electrochemical signals.

It allows the fast screening of the presence of A. salmonicida in water samples in real-time and could be adapted for automated online detection. Moreover, the use of electrochemical sensors as a transduction system offer the possibility of size

reduction, due to the use of microelectronics and microfabrication, which leads to the decrease in the cost of the technology. The portable detection system for A. salmonicida in seawater aquaculture systems can be used by inexperienced operators.