PMID: 4293365Oct 6, 1967Paper

Capillary-tube scanner for mechanized microbiology. A photoelectric scanner measures growth in agar-filled capillaries and gives a new approach to microbiology

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R L BowmanG G Vurek

Abstract

Growing microcolonies of bacteria can be detected by their light-scattering property. We have described a system in which growing bacteria in glass capillaries filled with nutrient agar are counted as the capillaries move through a narrow beam of light. Increased counts after incubation indicate the presence of viable organisms in the original sample; the equipment can detect colonies when they grow to a diameter of 8 microm. Aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative organisms can grow in the capillary environment. The sensitivities of several organisms to antibiotics were determined by adding antibiotics to the agar before the capillaries were filled.

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Aug 1, 1965·Canadian Journal of Microbiology·P Chadwick

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Aug 1, 1980·Computers and Biomedical Research, an International Journal·M W KonradD A Glaser
Jun 1, 1971·The Journal of Applied Bacteriology·A N Sharpe, D C Kilsby
Jun 20, 1969·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·M A Mitz
Jan 1, 1969·Journal of Clinical Pathology. Supplement (College of Pathologists)·R E Williams, R E Trotman
Sep 3, 2009·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·Takehiro OkabayashiKazuhiro Hanazaki
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Mar 14, 2014·Diabetes Care·Takehiro OkabayashiKazuhiro Hanazaki
Feb 1, 1973·Applied Microbiology·J E GilchristJ M Delaney
Mar 31, 1972·Science·N M Braslow, R L Bowman

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