Rapid counting of liquid-borne microorganisms by light scattering spectrometry

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-148

  Mainelis, Gediminas ^a   Górny, Rafał L ^b   Willeke, Klaus ^c   Reporten, Tiina ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^c University of Cincinnati ^*

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Light scattering spectrometry; Microorganism counting

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CRYSTAL VIOLET;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROCOCCUS; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROCOCCUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MELINII; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 21644439699     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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