Comparison of the impedance splitting method to the agar dilution method for the estimation of the antimicrobial activity of food preservatives

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Gerolimatou, Chrisa N ^a   Batrinou, Anthimia M ^a   Tsaknis, John P ^a   Spiliotis, Vassilis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13844254153     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2004.12406.x     Document Type: Article

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