Automated food microbiology: potential for the hydrophobic grid-membrane filter.
Appl Environ Microbiol, 1978/7;36(1):76-80.
Sharpe AN, Diotte MP, Dudas I, Michaud GL
PMID: 100054
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Abstract
Bacterial counts obtained on hydrophobic grid-membrane filters were comparable to conventional plate counts for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in homogenates from a range of foods. The wide numerical operating range of the hydrophobic grid-membrane filters allowed sequential diluting to be reduced or even eliminated, making them attractive as components in automated systems of analysis. Food debris could be rinsed completely from the unincubated hydrophobic grid-membrane filter surface without affecting the subsequent count, thus eliminating the possibility of counting food particles, a common source of error in electronic counting systems.
MeSH terms
Bacteria; Electronics; Escherichia coli; Food Microbiology; Micropore Filters; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus
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