Evaluation of plate count methods for determination of maximum specific growth rate in mixed microbial communities, and its possible application for diversity assessment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 442-448

  Salvesen, Ingrid ^a   Vadstein, O ^b  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

AGAR MEDIA; DIRECT ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LIQUID CULTURE; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RADIAL-GROWTH; THEORETICAL MODELING; TWO PLATES;

GROWTH RATE;

AGAR;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CELL VIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MODEL; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034119531     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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