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Measurement of Optical Density

Dimiter I. Kurtev dkurtev at edvzbb2.ben-fh.tuwien.ac.at
Tue Feb 14 15:51:55 EST 1995


hi!
  the optical density of micro organisms (say E. Coli in a medium) is 
typically measured at 600nm.  Why?  Who said so?  And where did they say it?  

would be a great help if i knew,
Dimiter I. Kurtev.
<dkurtev at josefine.ben-fh.tuwien.ac.at>

p.s.  mind you, i am interested in all kinds of articles concerning O.D.  :)
p.p.s.  thankxalot.



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