Membrane filters have a known uniform porosity of predetermined size (generally 0.45 µm ) sufficiently small to trap microorganisms. Using the membrane filter technique, sample is passed through the...
Category: Bacteriology
Once a microorganism has been isolated and grown in pure culture, it becomes necessary to maintain the viability and purity of the microorganism by keeping the pure culture free from contamination....
Enumeration of microorganisms is especially important in dairy microbiology, food microbiology, pharmaceutical microbiology, and water microbiology. The number of microorganisms in a culture,...