Immunomagnetic separation of Cryptosporidium oocysts from water samples: Round robin comparison of techniques

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 397-401

  Campbell, A ^a,b   Smith, H ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dynal Microbiology R and D   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Flow cytometry; Immunomagnetic separation; Purification

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROTOZOA; PURIFICATION; RECOVERY; WATER ANALYSIS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; OOCYSTS; TURBIDITY;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CELL SEPARATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OOCYST; PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030809609     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00292-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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