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Rapid bacterial counts in metal working fluids
J L Sloyer1, T J Novitsky, S Nugent
1Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., Falmouth, MA 02540, USA.
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
|December 17, 2002
Abstract:
A rapid (10 s) automated fluorescent method to estimate viable bacteria in metal working fluids (MWF) was compared with dip-slide cultures. The BactiFluor method compared favorably with 107 MWF (r=0.99) and with 30 other metal processing fluids.

