Comparison of minimal media and inoculum concentration to decrease the lysine growth assay response time of an Escherichia coli lysine auxotroph mutant

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-290

  Li, X ^a   Erickson, A M ^b   Ricke, Steven C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quik to Fix Foods   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033267429     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.1999.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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