Since its development in the 1960s, flow cytometry (FCM) was quickly revealed a powerful
tool to analyse cell populations in medical studies, yet, for many years, was almost …

Outbreaks of infections have emphasized the necessity for rapid and economic detection
methods for pathogens in samples ranging from those of clinical origin to food products …

Martin G. Wilkinson (martin. wilkinson@ ul. ie) Department of Life Sciences, University of
Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland icrobiology is a highly dynamic and important branch …

Flow cytometry (FCM) is a powerful technique for single-bacteria analysis via simultaneous
light-scattering and fluorescence measurements. By offering high-throughput, quantitative …

Flow cytometry (FCM) provides a sophisticated technique for research on microorganisms to
determine physiological characteristics on a single-cell basis. The ability of multiparametric …

Microbiologists continually strive to develop methods which can enumerate bacteria, yeasts
and mould populations and to distinguish the various physiological states of key …

Classical microbiology techniques are relatively slow in comparison to other analytical
techniques, in many cases due to the need to culture the microorganisms. Furthermore …

Rapid detection of microbial cells is a challenge in microbiology, particularly when complex
indigenous communities or subpopulations varying in viability, activity and physiological …

The diagnosis of infection is based on methodologies that are, even in the 21st century,
based on the study of the ability of microorganisms to grow in the presence of different …

Flow cytometry (FCM) is a technique, which allows one to analyse cells rapidly and
individually, and permits the quantitative analysis of distributions of a property or properties …