Evaluation of Colilert-18 for Detection of Coliforms and Eschericha coli in Subtropical Freshwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1242-1244

  Chao, Kuo Kuang ^a   Chao, Chen Ching ^b   Chao, Wei Liang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS;

FRESHWATER; METHYL ESTER ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

FATTY ACID ESTER; FRESH WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; TAIWAN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342595122     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1242-1244.2004     Document Type: Article

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