#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # WOD98 - COUNT METHOD - BIOLOGICAL HEADER 13 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 COUNTING CHAMBER counting chamber method 2 ACID LUGOLS STAIN stained (acid Lugols) and counted # under microscope 3 AUTOFLUORESCE autoflourescing and counted # under microscope 4 DAPI DAPI stained and counted using # epifluorescence microscopy 5 MUD (or MPN) Method of Ultimate Dilution or # Most Probable Number 6 MICROSCOPE counted under a microscope # (at varying magnifications) 7 COMPLETE ENUMERATION complete enumeration 8 FOLSOM SPLITTER complete enumeration, using Folsom # Splitter to reduce sample to ~300-600 9 EPIFLUOR MICROSCOPIC staining unspecified; counted using # epifluorescence microscopy 10 CENTRIFUGE METHOD centrifuge method (Gran, 1932) 11 ALIQUOT AND FULL counted aliquout, then counted FULL # sample (for less frequent forms) 12 COULTER COUNTER counted with a coulter counter 13 INVERTED MICROSCOPE