Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Product Review
  • Published:

Agglutination methods for rapid analysis

Nature volume 320, pages 289–290 (1986)Cite this article

Tests making use of carrier-bound antibodies can identify bacteria in less than five minutes, with results visible to the naked eye.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Zinsser Microbiology, 14th edn (Meredith, New York, 1968).

  2. Kronvall, G. Med. Microbiol. 6, 187–190 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Christensen, P., Kahlmeter, G., Jonsson, S. & Kronvall, G. Inf. Immun. 7, 881–885 (1973).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 4th edn (American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC 1985).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pharmacia Diagnostics, Piscat-away, New Jersey, 08854, USA

    Mel Thomas

Authors
  1. Mel Thomas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Thomas, M. Agglutination methods for rapid analysis. Nature 320, 289–290 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/320289a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/320289a0

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing