Use of defined substrate technology and a novel procedure for estimating the numbers of enterococci in water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Fricker, E J ^a   Fricker, C R ^a  

^a THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defined substrate technology; Enterococci; Enterolert ; QuantiTray(TM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FILTRATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030293241     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00950-5     Document Type: Article

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