Development and laboratory-scale testing of a fully automated online flow cytometer for drinking water analysis

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 81 A, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 508-516

  Hammes, Frederik ^a   Broger, Tobias ^a,b   Weilenmann, Hans Ulrich ^a   Vital, Marius ^a   Helbing, Jakob ^c   Bosshart, Ulrich ^c   Huber, Pascal ^b   Peter Odermatt, Res ^b   Sonnleitner, Bernhard ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Zurich Waterworks (WVZ)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Drinking water; Flow cytometry (FCM); Online

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SYBR GREEN I;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; TEMPERATURE;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84861339777     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22048     Document Type: Article

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