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USING DIRICHLET TESSELLATION TO HELP ESTIMATE MICROBIAL BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS
Citation:
DUGAN, N. R. USING DIRICHLET TESSELLATION TO HELP ESTIMATE MICROBIAL BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS. A. Fox (ed.), JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS. Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 63(2):205-210, (2005).
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Dirichlet tessellation was applied to estimate microbial concentrations from microscope well slides. The use of microscopy/Dirichlet tessellation to quantify biomass was illustrated with two species of morphologically distinct cyanobacteria, and validated empirically by comparison with chlorophyll a analyses during pilot-scale water treatment studies. A statistically significant correlation between the two methods was observed. This sampling and estimation procedure can be applied whenever biomass concentrations are measured with the aid of a microscope.
