A comparison of the traditional method of counting viable cells and a quick microplate method for monitoring the growth characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-184

  Horakova K ^a   Greifova M ^a   Seemannova Z ^a   Gondova B ^a   Wyatt, G M ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enrichment media; Growth curves; Growth rate; Inoculum; Nondedicated plate reader

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GROWTH KINETICS; LISTERIA;

ENRICHMENT MEDIUM; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH CURVES; GROWTH PARAMETERS; INOCULA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROPLATES; NONDEDICATED PLATE READER; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; VIABLE CELLS;

GROWTH RATE;

BACTERIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; DILUTION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; TUBE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542359579     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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