Improved Filtration Technique for Concentrating and Harvesting Bacteria
AUTOR(ES)
Tanny, Gerald B.
RESUMO
An improved technique is described for the filtrative concentration and harvesting of bacterial cultures. A pleated tangential flow filtration unit containing 1,000 cm2 of 0.2-μm-pore-size microporous membrane was used to rapidly (30 to 50 min) reduce the volume of 5 liters of bacterial culture of approximately 109 cells per ml to 0.2 to 0.5 liters of concentrated bacterial suspension. The effects of cell concentration, filtration pressure, and tangential flow rate were examined with respect to the rate of concentration and cell viability. Recovery efficiencies were between 60 and 75%, with no apparent impairment of organism viability. Cell concentration exerted the predominant effect on the filtration rate.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=291564Documentos Relacionados
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