Laser nephelometry applied in an automated microplate system to study filamentous fungus growth

BioTechniques

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-404

  Joubert, Aymeric ^a   Calmes, Benoît ^a   Berruyer, Romain ^b   Pihet, Marc ^c,d   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^c,d   Simoneau, Philippe ^a   Guillemette, Thomas ^a  

^a IFR 149 QUASAV   (France)

^b UMR GenHort 1259   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Aspergillus; Candida; Filamentous fungi; Growth curve; Nephelometry; Neurospora; Phenomic

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LASER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MUTATION; OSMOLARITY; PHOTOMETRY;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA;

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUDIOXONIL; GLYCEROL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AUTOMATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIOXOLES; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCEROL; LASERS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PYRROLES;

EID: 77954067055     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113399     Document Type: Article

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