Zabel test

Table 13-Relative Mildew Growth On Polymer And Paint Samples Exposed To Aureobasidium Pullulans for Two Months By The Sapwood-Substrate Enriched Vermiculite Method (Zabel Test)... 

The relative mildew growth on polymer and on paint samples exposed to Aurobasldlum pullulans was also studied using the "Zabel Test." In this procedure, veneer strips of southern yellow pine and bass wood are sterilized, cooled, and painted (2 coats with 24 hrs. drying time). After 2-3 days the strips were soaked In distilled water, sterilized at 100 C and placed vertically In 16-ounce French square bottles containing 20 gm. of vermiculite. A mlcronutrlent enriched nutrient media was then poured Into the vermiculite (100 ml per bottle). After sterilization at 121 the painted strips were positioned so that the bottom of the painted zone was 0.5 cm above the vermiculite surface. The specimens were Inoculated with a spore suspension of Aureobasldlum pullulans (16624) by pipette. Incubated two months at 28 , and then rated visually with a 20x binocular. In the weathered series, the specimens were exposed four days In an Atlas Weather 0 Meter (UV and water spray). Representative results are summarized In Table 13. 

Haley NJ, Mathiason CK, Zabel MD, Telling GC, Hoover EA (2009) Detection of sub-clinical CWD infection in conventional test-negative deer long after oral exposure to urine and feces from CWD+ deer. PLoS ONE 4 e7990... 

Hensen C., Landenberger H., Zabel M., Gundersen J.K., Glud R.N. and Schulz H.D. (1997) Simulation of early diagenetic processes in continental slope sediments off Southwest Africa The copmputer model CoTAM tested. Marine Geology, 144 191-210... 

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