Inatomi Ken-ichi
Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 811, Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo 661, Japan.
J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Nov;55(2):393-7. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7012(03)00170-2.
A method to detect and enumerate bacterial colonies grown on membrane filters (MF) was described. The colonies were stained with an ethanolic solution of 0.1% Amido black 10B. The procedure yielded the rapid detection of colonies as compared to a conventional plate counting method.