abstract |
An object of the present invention is to provide a microorganism testing method capable of accurately detecting one individual living microorganism contained in ballast water or the like by a simple work process. According to the method for inspecting a microorganism of the present invention, a living cell of a microorganism is dyed with a fluorescent staining agent, and a fluorescence image showing the existence of the living cell by fluorescence development of the living cell of the microorganism, and a shape of the microorganism are obtained. A shape image to be shown is acquired by an imaging means, and a microorganism having a living cell is detected based on a comparison between the fluorescence image and the shape image. [Selection] Figure 2 |