Tracy Ammann

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Can bacteria and biofilm on a filter be seen with SEM without a dehydration/fixation step?

I have a filter with some bacteria and other particles that is going to be analyzed with SEM. I am wondering if anyone knows if you skip the glutaraldehyde/ethanol/critical point drying steps if...

02 September 2020 5,019 4 View

For plating bacteria, is it better to take three smaller samples and dilute individually or take a single larger sample then distribute over 3 plates?

We are using membrane filtration to dilute and plate our samples. Wondering what is best - to plate individual 0.1mL samples per funnel with 100 mL of diluent or add 0.3mL of sample to 300mL...

17 April 2019 5,803 1 View