An assessment of the sartorius MD8 microbiological air sampler

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-534

  Parks, S R ^a  

^a Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PUMPS;

AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLING SYSTEMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GELATIN MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTERS; MONO-DISPERSED; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NIGER; PUMP SYSTEM;

LAMINAR FLOW;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING;

EID: 0030007710     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03252.x     Document Type: Article

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