Cultivation conditions and the diffusion of oxygen into culture media: The rationale for the flask-to-medium ratio in microbiology

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Proctor, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Cultivation conditions; Oxygen diffusion

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIFFUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872203202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-9     Document Type: Article

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