Comparison of the mellipore digital total count system and standard membrane filtration procedure to enumerate microorganisms in water samples from cosmetic/pharmaceutical environments

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Scalici, C ^a   Smalls, S ^a   Blumberg, S ^a   English, D ^a   Jimenez, L ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

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PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0347660574     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.1998.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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