flow cytometry

(noun)

A technique used to sort and classify cells by using fluorescent markers on their surface.

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Examples of flow cytometry in the following topics:

  • Fluorescent Antibodies

    • This method is known as flow cytometry and requires a flow cell sorter rather than a fluorescent microscope .

  • The Future of Diagnostic Immunology

  • Units of Measurement for Microbes

    • The measurement of an exponential microbial growth curve in batch culture was traditionally a part of the training of all microbiologists; The basic means requires bacterial enumeration (cell counting) by direct and individual (microscopic, flow cytometry), direct and bulk (biomass), indirect and individual (colony counting), or indirect and bulk (most probable number, turbidity, nutrient uptake) methods .

  • Replication of Herpes Simplex Virus

    • Research using flow cytometry on another member of the herpes virus family, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, indicates the possibility of an additional lytic stage, delayed-late.

  • Tests That Differentiate Between T Cells and B cells

    • More modern techniques like flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry are commonly used and rely on the use of fluorescent antibodies.

  • Generation Time

    • The basic means requires bacterial enumeration (cell counting) by direct and individual (microscopic, flow cytometry), direct and bulk (biomass), indirect and individual (colony counting), or indirect and bulk (most probable number, turbidity, nutrient uptake) methods.

  • Growth Rate and Temperature

    • The basic means requires bacterial enumeration (cell counting) by direct and individual (microscopic, flow cytometry), direct and bulk (biomass), indirect and individual (colony counting), or indirect and bulk (most probable number, turbidity, nutrient uptake) methods.

  • Measurements of Microbial Mass

    • The measurement of an exponential bacterial growth curve in a batch culture was traditionally a part of the training of all microbiologists; the basic means requires bacterial enumeration (cell counting) by direct and individual (microscopic, flow cytometry), direct and bulk (biomass), indirect and individual (colony counting), or indirect and bulk (most probable number, turbidity , nutrient uptake) methods.

  • Anemia

    • Apart from reporting the number of red blood cells and the hemoglobin level, the automatic counters also measure the size of the red blood cells by flow cytometry, which is an important tool in distinguishing between the causes of anemia.

  • Bone Marrow Examination

    • The aspirate sucks out liquid bone marrow, and yields semi-liquid bone marrow which can be examined by a pathologist under a light microscope and analyzed by flow cytometry, chromosome analysis, or polymerase chain reaction (PCR).