Soil particles inhibit colony formation of Escherichia coli on the surface of agar media

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 867-872

  Ohtomo, Ryo ^a   Saito, Masanori ^a,c   Minato, Keiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Animal Research Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony formation unit (CFU); Most probable number (MPN); Pour plating; Soil particles; Surface plating

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345770108     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2003.10410349     Document Type: Article

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