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  • Computer Image Analysis as a Tool for Microbial Viability Assessment: Examples of Use and Prospects  [CBA 2014]
  • DOI: 10.4236/jbm.2014.23001   PP.1 - 6
  • Author(s)
  • Evgeny Puchkov
  • ABSTRACT
  • Application of the computer image analysis for improving microbial viability assessment by plate count and fluorescence microscopy was investigated. Yeast cells were used as a model microorganism. The application of the improved methods for the viability assessment of yeast cells after preservation by freezing and freeze-drying was demonstrated.
  • KEYWORDS
  • Microbial Viability, Microbial Preservation, Plate Count, Yeast, Computer Image Analysis, Fluorescence Microscopy, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cryptococcus terreus, Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous
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