Accurate and rapid viability assessment of Trichoderma harzianum using fluorescence-based digital image analysis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 677-684

  Hassan, Mainul ^a   Corkidi, Gabriel ^b   Galindo, Enrique ^a   Flores, Celia ^a   Serrano Carreón, Leobardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Fluorescein diacetate; Fluorescence microscopy; Image analysis; Trichoderma harzianum; Viability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; DYES; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; 3',6' DIACETYLFLUORESCEIN; 3',6'-DIACETYLFLUORESCEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIDEORECORDING; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLUORESCEINS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0037146828     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10423     Document Type: Article

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