Cultural methods of detection for microorganisms: recent advances and successes
Most microbiological methods require culture to allow organisms to recover or to selectively increase, and target organisms are identified by growth on specific agar media. Many cultural methods take several days to complete and even then the results require confirmation. Alternative techniques include the use of chromogenic and fluorogenic substances to identify bacteria as they are growing, selective capture using antibodies after short periods of growth, molecular techniques, and direct staining with or without flow cytometry for enumeration and identification. Future microbiologists may not use culture but depend on the use of specific probes and sophisticated detection systems.
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| Language: | English |
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Freshwater Biological Association
1997
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| Subjects: | Engineering, Limnology, Pollution, Water quality, Microorganisms, Methodology, Detection, Bacteria, Cultured organisms, Enzymes, Immunofluorescence, Flow cytometry, Microbiological culture, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22824 |
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