A method for the enumeration of Aeromonas bacteriophage in aquatic environments

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-248

  Flint, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; HYDROPHILA; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHODS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

LAKE WATER;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); AEROMONAS CAVIAE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0029661457     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01152.x     Document Type: Article

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