Discrepancies in Bacterial Recovery from Dental Unit Water Samples on R2A Medium and a Commercial Sampling Device

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-246

  Smith, Richard S ^a   Pineiro, Silvia A ^a   Singh, Ruby ^a   Romberg, Elaine ^a   Labib, Mohamed E ^b   Williams, Henry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Novaflux Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL FACILITY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642333290     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4130-5     Document Type: Article

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