A rapid, specific membrane filtration procedure for enumeration of enterococci in recreational water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 678-680

  Messer, James W ^a   Dufour, Alfred P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSIDE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; WATER;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; RECREATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031889350     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.678-680.1998     Document Type: Article

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