A comparison of the Bactoscan 8000S to three cultural methods for enumeration of bacteria in raw milk

Food Research International

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Lachowsky, W M ^a   McNab, W B ^a   Griffiths, M ^a   Odumeru, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bactoscan; Plate loop count; Raw milk; Spiral plater; Standard plate count

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031436178     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(97)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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