Total counts, culturable and viable, and non-culturable microflora of a French mineral water: A case study

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1033-1038

  Defives, Claude ^a   Guyard, S ^a   Oulare M M ^a   Mary, P ^a   Hornez, J P ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEVERAGES; MINERALS;

ALLOCHTHONOUS BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOTTLING LINES; CASE-STUDIES; CULTIVABLE BACTERIA; CULTURABLE; MICROFLORAE; MINERAL WATER; NATURAL MINERALS; TOTAL COUNTS;

BACTERIA;

MINERAL WATER;

ADAPTATION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032977401     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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