Patrick Van de Velde , thank you for your note. ATP measurement is definitely a useful tool, and it can be considered complementary to other techniques. Unfortunately, as you know, ATP (1) is not a measurement of living microorganisms, (2) is not a real time, on line tool, (3) requires the intervention of an operator, (4) can be hardly applied to biofilm (compared to water samples). Regarding "predictive parameters", let me note that predicting bacterial growth is extremely difficult (if not impossible at all, in some cases - considering industrial environments).

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Patrick Van de Velde , thank you for your note. ATP measurement is definitely a useful tool, and it can be considered complementary to other techniques. Unfortunately, as you know, ATP (1) is not a measurement of living microorganisms, (2) is not a real time, on line tool, (3) requires the intervention of an operator, (4) can be hardly applied to biofilm (compared to water samples). Regarding "predictive parameters", let me note that predicting bacterial growth is extremely difficult (if not impossible at all, in some cases - considering industrial environments).

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Hello Giovanni,

ATP is today an online measurement with sample to answer in 10 minutes. It is definitely a measure for living organisms in fact it is the parameter that indicates life. Like you indicate it is complementary and it does offer an opportunity to measure microbial condition prior to downstream effects thereof. Inhibitory conditions can be a challenge and indeed not all industrial water lends itself for enzymatic determinations.

 

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