Phototoxicity of Rose Bengal in mycological media implications for laboratory practice

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-107

  Chilvers, K F ^a   Reed, R H ^b   Perry, J D ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; YEAST;

COLONY COUNTS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; LABORATORY PRACTICES; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTO-TOXICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSE BENGAL; SPRING WATER; WATER SAMPLES; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GROUNDWATER;

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUNLIGHT; WATER SAMPLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032988833     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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