Floc stabilization for multiple microscopic techniques

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3508-3515

  Droppo, Ian G ^a   Flannigan, Derrick T ^b   Leppard, Gary G ^a,b   Jaskot, Christina ^a   Liss, Steven N ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029786749     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3508-3515.1996     Document Type: Article

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