Abstract: A microbe quantifying apparatus includes: a filtering mechanism that filters microbes contained in a fluid sample with a filter; a quantifying mechanism that quantifies the microbes with a specified biological material contained in the microbes on the filter as an index; and an anti-drying mechanism that prevents drying of the microbes on the filter.

Abstract: Provided is a device for collecting biological material from a microbe, the device including: a collection container that is used to collect a microbe from a liquid sample containing the microbe and to extract the biological material from the microbe; and a temperature control mechanism that controls a temperature of the collection container. Herein, the temperature control mechanism controls a temperature of the collection container so that the microbe is collected at a first temperature and the biological material is extracted from the microbe at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an instrument of collecting detection target. The instrument includes a filter unit and a carrier unit that holds a carrier of collecting a detection target. The method comprises at least: a tool ATP eliminating step of eliminating ATP from tools to be used in the production steps, a mixture ATP eliminating step of eliminating ATP from a carrier prepared by mixing raw materials via using the tools from which ATP is thus eliminated, and a filling step of filling the carrier from which ATP is thus eliminated into a carrier unit.

Abstract: A device for quantifying biological material (ATP) of cells contained in a liquid sample as a sample is provided. The device includes a controller that calculates an amount of the biological material of cells contained in the liquid sample, based on a differential amount of luminescence between an amount of luminescence when an ATP luminescence reagent as a luminescent reagent for biological material is reacted with the biological material (ATP) that is separated and extracted from cells contained in the liquid sample by bringing an ATP extraction reagent as a processing reagent into contact with the liquid sample, and an amount of luminescence when the ATP luminescent reagent is reacted with the ATP extraction reagent.

Abstract: A microbe quantifying apparatus includes: a filtering mechanism that filters microbes contained in a fluid sample with a filter; a quantifying mechanism that quantifies the microbes with a specified biological material contained in the microbes on the filter as an index; and an anti-drying mechanism that prevents drying of the microbes on the filter.

Abstract: Provided is a device for collecting biological material from a microbe, the device including: a collection container that is used to collect a microbe from a liquid sample containing the microbe and to extract the biological material from the microbe; and a temperature control mechanism that controls a temperature of the collection container. Herein, the temperature control mechanism controls a temperature of the collection container so that the microbe is collected at a first temperature and the biological material is extracted from the microbe at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: In a microorganism capturing device as a filter separation apparatus, a first contact chamber and a second contact chamber in each of which an object to be treated is contacted with a treatment agent are disposed apart from each other by a hydrophilic filter. The second contact chamber and a filtrate outlet are separated from each other by a hydrophobic filter. The microorganism capturing device is adapted to efficiently contact the object to be treated with the treatment agent, even if the object to be treated enters into the hydrophilic filter.