Research paper in the top-journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology"

A novel rapid and sensitive method for the detection of Vibrio cholerae und Vibrio mimicus was developed. The method is based on the detection of fluorescence-labelled cells on a filter via solid-phase cytometry. It detects also viable cells that are not detectable with cultivation. It is thus a very suitable method for the monitoring of these bacterial pathogens in waters and for risk assessment studies.

Schauer, S., R. Sommer, A.H. Farnleitner and A.K.T. Kirschner (2012): Rapid and Sensitive Quantification of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio mimicus Cells in Water Samples by Use of Catalyzed Reporter Deposition Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Combined with Solid-Phase Cytometry.Applied and Environmental Microbiology (78) 20: 7369-7375