Combined light microscopy and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for integration of biofilm structure, distribution, and chemistry at solid-liquid interfaces
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Complementary data on chemical and structural properties of biofilms are collected using reflected differential interference contrast microscopy and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Nondestructive, nearly simultaneous and real time data collection is employed to allow the determination of temporal relationships among population structure, microbial distribution and interface chemistry in biofilm microbial communities.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1997
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Quality control of bacterial enumeration
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Recommendations for the types of quality control for testing of water and wastewater for bacterial suspensions are enumerated. Test method performance and recovery inhibition during water sample analysis can be evaluated by standard bacterial suspensions. It is emphasized that the accuracy of microbiological data increases with the inclusion of quality control in the daily analytical programs undertaken.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1993
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Evaluation of agar plates for direct enumeration of Campylobacter spp. from poultry carcass rinses
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Campy-line agars are evaluated for their efficiency to isolate and enumerate Campylobacter spp. from poultry carcass rinses. Campy-Cefex and its modification produced the best results but were statistically similar to Campy, mCCDA, and Karmali.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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