Evaluation of Petrifilm™ EC and HS for total coliforms and Escherichia coli enumeration in water

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-304

  Beloti, Vanerli ^a   De Souza, Juliana Aparecida ^a   Ferreira Barros, Márcia De Aguiar ^a   Nero, Luís Augusto ^b   De Mattos, Marcos Rodrigues ^a   Gusmão, Viviane Vieira ^a   De Moraes, Luciane Bilia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Escherichia coli; Petrifilm ; Water

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 19944391640     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822003000400002     Document Type: Article

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