Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens spores in groundwater samples: Comparison of six culture media

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Araujo, M ^a   Sueiro, R A ^a   Gomez M J ^b   Garrido, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Aquagest   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enumeration; Fluorogenic medium; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HEATING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 1842509935     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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