Death of the Escherichia coli K-12 strain W3110 in soil and water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4114-4120

  Bogosian, Gregg ^a,b   Sammons, Laura E ^a,c   Morris, Patricia J L ^a   O'Neil, Julia P ^a   Heitkamp, Michael A ^a   Weber, Deborah B ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Monsanto BB3M ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029827845     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4114-4120.1996     Document Type: Article

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