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The quantitative assay of mono-dispersed aerosols of bacteria and bacteriophage by electrostatic precipitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. J. Morris ,
H. M. Darlow ,
J. F. H. Peel  and
W. C. Wright
E. J. Morris
Affiliation:
Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton, Salisbury, Wilts.
H. M. Darlow
Affiliation:
Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton, Salisbury, Wilts.
J. F. H. Peel
Affiliation:
Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton, Salisbury, Wilts.
W. C. Wright
Affiliation:
Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton, Salisbury, Wilts.
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Three tubular electrostatic precipitators are described for the assay of bacterial and bacteriophage aerosols. Particles can be sampled directly on agar or on agar-impregnated paper in a wide range of aerosol concentrations, or sampled into a fluid for the assay of airborne micro-organisms. Rapid consecutive sampling is possible with the samplers and a collection efficiency approaching 100% is readily obtained. Their sampling efficiency is compared with that of the slit sampler and the liquid impinger.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1961 , pp. 487 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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