Modelling the color development in Biolog microtiter plates by the Gompertz function

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-617

  Verschuere, L ^a   Fievez, V ^a   Van Vooren, L ^a   Rombaut, G ^a   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biolog; Gompertz function; Microbial community analysis; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLOR; INCUBATION TIME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032444823     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80074-X     Document Type: Article

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