title: Application of polydimethylsiloxane-based optical system for measuring optical density of microbial culture.
abstract: The performance of recently developed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based optical system was tested for measuring optical density of microbial culture. The data showed that PDMS-based spectrometer is superior to "one drop" spectrometers in the accuracy, and has an advantage over conventional spectrometers in measuring dense culture without dilution.
authors.affiliation: a Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology , Toyama Prefectural University , Imizu , Japan.
authors.forename: Yurika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D055096:Optical Devices; D055620:Optical Phenomena
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C013830:baysilon
keywords: Escherichia coli; growth curves; optical density; polydimethylsiloxane-based optical system