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Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi play essential roles in many application fields, like biotechnique, medical technique and industrial domain. Microorganism counting techniques are crucial in microorganism analysis, helping…
Aim: To evaluate a flow cytometry protocol that uses reference beads for the enumeration of live and dead bacteria present in a mixture. Methods and Results: Mixtures of live and dead Escherichia coli with live:dead concentration ratios…
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Existing image-based pest counting methods rely on single static images and often produce inaccurate results under occlusion. To address this issue, this paper proposes an automated pest counting method in water traps through active robotic…
Bacterial infectious diseases are a major threat to human health. Timely and sensitive pathogenic bacteria detection is crucial in identifying the bacterial contaminations and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Due to limitations…
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