A colony based confirmation assay for Legionella and Legionella pneumophila employing the Enviroamp(TM) Legionella system and seroagglutination

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 377-381

  Saint, C P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIES; DETECTION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; LEGIONELLA DETECTIONS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; RAPID ANALYSIS; REVERSE DOT BLOT; SELECTIVE MEDIUM;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

WATER;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031838581     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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