Analysis of Microbial Cell Viability in a Liquid Using an Acoustic Sensor

A method was developed for the rapid analysis and evaluation of the viability of bacteriophage-infected Escherichia coli (E.coli) XL-1 directly in a conducting suspension by using a slot-mode sensor. The method is based on recording the changes in the depth and frequency of resonant absorption peaks in the frequency dependence of the insertion loss of the sensor before and after the biologic interaction of E. coli with specific bacteriophages. The possibility was shown of recording the infection of E.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - January 12, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Olga I. Guliy, Boris D. Zaitsev, Surya K. Mehta, Irina A. Borodina Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research