Increasing the efficiency of the plate counting method for estimating bacterial diversity

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Balestra, G M ^a   Misaghi, I J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Media selection; Plate counting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030846789     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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