Morphological quantification of pellets in Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. geldanus fermentation broths using a flatbed scanner

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1677-1683

  O'Cleirigh, C ^a   Walsh, P K ^a   O'Shea, D G ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Flatbed scanner; Image analysis; Morphology; Pellets; Streptomyces hygroscopicus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

EID: 0141750563     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025622100475     Document Type: Article

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