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211: 97:. Because the filters have a flat surface, the cells are trapped on top of the filter and remain visible, unlike other types of filters where the cells may be trapped inside the filter. 78:
exposed to energetic particles in space. The technique allows for creating uniform holes of any desired diameter to allow even a virus to be filtered.
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that weakens the plastic and creates specific areas that can be removed by dousing the membrane in
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Filtration membrane fabricated by irradiation with an ion beam and then etching of the nuclei
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as an outgrowth of their research on radiation effects in solids, with a special focus on
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while removing all other fluids and smaller particles, e.g. for counting
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R. L. Fleischer, P. Buford Price, and Robert M. Walker (1975)
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Nucleopore filter
filter
micrometres
plastic
polycarbonate
membrane
radiation
acid
P. Buford Price
Robert M. Walker
materials
microbiology
cells
bacteria
fluorescence microscopy
Ion track
"Use of nuclepore filters for counting bacteria by fluorescence microscopy"
Bibcode
1977ApEnM..33.1225H
doi
10.1128/aem.33.5.1225-1228.1977
ISSN
0099-2240
PMC
170856
PMID
327932
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stub
expanding it

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