Limitations of highly sensitive enzymatic presence-absence tests for detection of waterborne coliforms and Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 771-774

  Van Poucke, S O ^a   Nelis, H J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030892101     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.771-774.1997     Document Type: Article

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