Rapid, semiautomated quantification of bacterial cells in freshwater by using a microfluidic device for on-chip staining and counting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1536-1539

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Torii, Masashi ^a   Uebayashi, Yuko ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; ON CHIPS; POND WATER; SEMI-AUTOMATED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GROUNDWATER; MICROFLUIDICS; POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; FRESH WATER;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; DRINKING WATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER; POND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953224841     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01765-10     Document Type: Article

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