Rapid selective ferrographic enumeration of bacteria

Authors
Zhang, P Johnson, WP
Citation
P. Zhang et Wp. Johnson, Rapid selective ferrographic enumeration of bacteria, J MAGN MAGN, 194(1-3), 1999, pp. 267-274
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
ISSN journal
03048853 → ACNP
Volume
194
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
267 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(199904)194:1-3<267:RSFEOB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A low cost innovative enumeration technique that allows rapid monitoring of low bacterial concentrations is described in this paper. This technique ut ilizes immuno-magnetic separation methods in combination with ferrographic methods to deposit magnetic beads and attached bacteria in an exceedingly s mall area (0.011 cm(2)) on a glass substratum. The bacteria are then enumer ated under an epifluorescent microscope. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.