Sterilization performance comparison between an autosampler-ready microporous filter vial and a syringe-based filter
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Optical Scatter Microscopy Based on Two-Dimensional Gabor Filters
Published on: June 2, 2010
Thomas D Horvath1, Sibel Ak1, Sigmund J Haidacher1
1Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States of America; Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030, United States of America.
Abstract:
Herein we report that the Thomson Standard and eXtreme/FV® filter vials (0.2 μm polyvinylidene difluoride filter membrane) are as effective as gold standard microporous membrane-based syringe filters at removing bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumonia, from media samples produced in the microbiological laboratory.
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