Evaluation of two media and different plating techniques for enumeration of thermotolerant coliforms in river water

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 84-87

  Tamagnini, Lucía M ^a   González, Rubén D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Culture media; Enumeration; Thermotolerant coliforms in water

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; RIVER WATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HEAT TOLERANCE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AGAR; ARGENTINA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FILTRATION; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTOSE; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041823218     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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