Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units

The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600 measurements displayed similar growth curves, while cfu quantification showed a continuous growth curve. We det...

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Autores principales: Peñuelas Urquides, Katia, Villarreal Treviño, Licet, Silva Ramírez, Beatriz, Rivadeneyra Espinoza, Liliana, Said Fernández, Salvador, León, Mario Bermúdez de
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 2013
Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14690/1/428.pdf
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author Peñuelas Urquides, Katia
Villarreal Treviño, Licet
Silva Ramírez, Beatriz
Rivadeneyra Espinoza, Liliana
Said Fernández, Salvador
León, Mario Bermúdez de
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description The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600 measurements displayed similar growth curves, while cfu quantification showed a continuous growth curve. We determined the cfu equivalents to McFarland and OD600 units
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spelling eprints-146902022-04-03T12:40:05Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/14690/ Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units Peñuelas Urquides, Katia Villarreal Treviño, Licet Silva Ramírez, Beatriz Rivadeneyra Espinoza, Liliana Said Fernández, Salvador León, Mario Bermúdez de The quantification of colony forming units (cfu), turbidity, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) measurements were used to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. Turbidity and OD600 measurements displayed similar growth curves, while cfu quantification showed a continuous growth curve. We determined the cfu equivalents to McFarland and OD600 units 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/14690/1/428.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/14690/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/428.pdf Peñuelas Urquides, Katia y Villarreal Treviño, Licet y Silva Ramírez, Beatriz y Rivadeneyra Espinoza, Liliana y Said Fernández, Salvador y León, Mario Bermúdez de (2013) Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units. Brazilian journal of microbiology, 44 (1). pp. 287-290. ISSN 1517-8382 http://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822013000100042 doi:10.1590/S1517-83822013000100042
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León, Mario Bermúdez de
Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
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title Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
title_full Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
title_fullStr Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
title_full_unstemmed Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
title_short Measuring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth: a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
title_sort measuring of mycobacterium tuberculosis growth a correlation of the optical measurements with colony forming units
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