Simplified method to automatically count bacterial colony forming unit

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 99-102

  Putman, Michael ^a   Burton, Robert ^a   Nahm, Moon H ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Bacterial colony counting; Internet; Opsonophagocytosis assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; CAMERA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 23444443389     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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