A spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of total bacterial counts in environmental samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Poglazova, M N ^a   Mitskevich, I N ^a   Kuzhinovsky, V A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cell number; Microbial biomass; Spectrofluorimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; USSR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030032510     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7012(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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