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From: ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com
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Subject: Need biomass assay technique
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Date: 25 Apr 91 00:44:42 GMT
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Greetings !
	I am a physicist who finds myself working on a
biotechnological project. We are developing new optical methods for
characterizing wastewater bioremediation. Specifically, we are
monitoring the optical properties of a culture containing live
biomass, powder actvated carbon, and industrial wastewater. Ultimately,
we would like to establish an optical assay for live biomass; we can't
use optical density because of the carbon.
	I would like anyone's suggestions for measuring the mass
density of live biomass in such a medium using any technique. I am
particularly interested in non-optical techniques, so that we can
correlate our measurements with independent ones.
				Thanks,
				Ed Stokes
				ebstokes@crd.ge.com