Compact optical sensor for real-time monitoring of bacterial growth for space applications

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 974, Issue , 2002, Pages 541-555

  Van Benthem, R C ^a   Van Den Assem, D ^a   Krooneman, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^b Bioclear Environmental Biotechnology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria growth; Turbidity; Turbidity sensor

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MICROGRAVITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARAMETER; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; TURBIDITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; XANTHOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0037024632     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb05929.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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