Thermotolerant coliform and Escherichia coli detection and enumeration through multiple tube fermentation

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Kamel, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

E. coli; Modified media; Thermotolerant coliforms; Tryptophanase; Tryptophane

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TOLERANCE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33645339548     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.125.130     Document Type: Article

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