Optimal Protocol for Enumeration of Attached Bacteria on Glass Slides

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-266

  Lee, Hyun Sang ^a   Kwon, Kae Kyoung ^a   Lee, Jong Ho ^b   Lee, Hong Kum ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attached bacteria; Biofilm; Direct count; Glass surface; Sonication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345980222     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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