Simplified method to automatically count bacterial colony forming unit.
Bacterial colony counting is a significant technical hurdle for vaccine studies as well as various microbiological studies. We now show that an automated colony counter can process images obtained with a digital camera or document scanner and that any laboratory can efficiently have bacterial colonies enumerated by sending the images to a laboratory with a colony counter via internet.
Putman
Michael
M
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Burton
Robert
R
Nahm
Moon H
MH
D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000166:cytology