A critical assessment of the occurrence and extend of oxygen contamination during anaerobic incubations utilizing commercially available vials

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-154

  De Brabandere, Loreto ^a   Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b   Foadi, Roshan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Butyl rubber; Diffusion; Exetainer; Septum; Stopper

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; GLASS; OXYGEN; RUBBER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEOXYGENATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; OXYGEN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 83955161095     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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