Pretreatment to reduce somatic salmonella phage interference with FRNA coliphage assays: Successful use in a one-year survey of vulnerable groundwaters

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-54

  Stetler, R E ^a   Williams, F P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SALMONELLA;

F-SPECIFIC RNA COLIPHAGES; GROUNDWATER SITES; INTERFERENCE-FREE; MULTI-SITE; PHAGE REMOVAL; PRE-TREATMENTS; PUERTO RICO; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE SURVEYS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030015589     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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