DE69429310D1 - Verfahren zum Nachweis des bakteriellen Wachstums einer Vielzahl in Kulturfläschchen - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Nachweis des bakteriellen Wachstums einer Vielzahl in Kulturfläschchen

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DE69429310D1
DE69429310D1 DE69429310T DE69429310T DE69429310D1 DE 69429310 D1 DE69429310 D1 DE 69429310D1 DE 69429310 T DE69429310 T DE 69429310T DE 69429310 T DE69429310 T DE 69429310T DE 69429310 D1 DE69429310 D1 DE 69429310D1
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bacterial growth
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Klaus W Berndt
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Becton Dickinson and Co
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    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
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    • C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
    • C12M41/00—Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control, e.g. flow regulation
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    • C12M41/36—Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control, e.g. flow regulation of concentration of biomass, e.g. colony counters or by turbidity measurements
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    • C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
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    • G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
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DE69429310T 1993-08-27 1994-08-16 Verfahren zum Nachweis des bakteriellen Wachstums einer Vielzahl in Kulturfläschchen Expired - Fee Related DE69429310T2 (de)

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US08/113,444 US5397709A (en) 1993-08-27 1993-08-27 System for detecting bacterial growth in a plurality of culture vials

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