Synonyms
Composition assessment; Abundance determination
Definition
The term “quantification” derives from the Latin terms quant (meaning “how much”) and facere (meaning “to make”). Quantifying is the act of determining the quantity of, measure. Simultaneous quantification of multiple bacteria stands for medium- to high-throughput detection and abundance determination of a bacterial community.
Introduction
Bacteria are widespread and abundant in the environment and comprise bacterial strains which are pathogenic for plants, animals, or human beings. Historically, the threat represented by pathogenic bacteria lead to the development of cultural-, serological-, and molecular-based methods to identify and possibly quantify the causative agent of an occurring infectious disease. These methods commonly target with high sensitivity and specificity one or few bacterial strains or species, but are not suitable for collecting comprehensive information on a microbial community. Recently, the...
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Ballarini, A., Jousson, O. (2015). Simultaneous Quantification of Multiple Bacteria. In: Nelson, K.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7478-5_194
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