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A note on the use of 3‐section plates for the estimation of the numbers of bacteria and to obtain isolated colonies in 1 day
Author(s) -
Lee W.H.,
McClain D.,
Szymanski C.D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1985.tb03352.x
Subject(s) - streaking , section (typography) , agar , bacteria , agar plate , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chromatography , veterinary medicine , chemistry , computer science , paleontology , medicine , operating system
By streaking with an open loop and then swabbing a 4–5 cm 2 area on 3‐section agar plates, it is possible to obtain isolated colonies and to estimate bacterial densities from 100 to 10 7 /ml on the swabbed area.